(4 Nov 2017) A leader of one of Catalonia's largest separatist parties says that it will only participate in upcoming regional elections if Spanish authorities release jailed separatists from prison.
Marta Rovira, secretary general of the Republican Left party, said Saturday that "If we run in these elections,... it is necessary that all the political prisoners are released from prison."
A Spanish judge has sent eight former members of the ousted Catalan regional government and two leaders of secessionist grassroots groups to jail while they are investigated for possible sedition and rebellion charges.
Prosecutors are looking to charge all members of the dismissed government for their parts in pushing through a declaration of independence by Catalonia's Parliament.
Republican Left president Oriol Junqueras, the former vice president in the Catalonia government, is among the removed officials who have been in a Madrid prison since Thursday.
A day after the declaration of independence on Oct. 27, the Spanish government used extraordinary powers given to it by the Senate to depose Catalonia's government, dissolve its Parliament and call snap regional elections on Dec. 21.
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