20200127
27 January 2020

The Bureau of the Parliament accepts the disqualification of President Torra as an MP, ordered by the Central Electoral Board after he was convicted of disobedience for not removing the yellow ribbons

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The president of Parliament, Roger Torrent, refuses to submit to a vote of the Bureau a document presented by JxCat revoking the instructions issued by the secretary-general of Parliament, Xavier Muro, to proceed with Torra’s disqualification as an MP. Although there is debate as to whether or not the loss of his seat in the Catalan Parliament automatically entails the loss of his status as president of the Government of Catalonia, Torra ultimately remains in this role, as defended by the Parliament’s lawyers.

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