Puigdemont is re-elected president of his 'parallel Generalitat', with the vote of less than 10% of the members. The elections to the Council of the Republic tested the degree of leadership that Puigemont continues to exercise among the members of the organization he himself created.
The singer-songwriter and independence activist Lluís Llach revealed, two weeks ago, that he had resigned from the Consell for disagreeing with the former president's negotiations with the PSOE.