The leader of Junts per Catalunya (Junts), Carles Puigdemont, has been accused of betrayal by the independence movement after his party agreed to support the PSOE in the formation of the Congress board, paving the way for a progressive majority led by Francina Armengol.
Puigdemont, who is exiled in Belgium and faces an arrest warrant in Spain for his role in the 2017 secession attempt, defended his decision as a pragmatic move to advance the Catalan cause and to prevent the PP and Vox from gaining control of the chamber. However, his critics have denounced him as a traitor who has sold out to the Spanish state and abandoned the unilateral path to independence.
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