Aragonés, 38, promised the pro-independence movement on Thursday that he would demand the region be allowed to hold an independence referendum, which the Spanish government is fiercely opposed to.
He told the regional parliament that he will work to “lead the social and economic reconstruction for the country” and continue “the struggle for amnesty and self-determination.”
“On one hand, overcoming COVID and getting the country out of the crisis and on the other advancing towards a Catalan Republic,” he said.
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