Senior MP of party non-aligned on independence steps down as spokeswoman

The spokeswoman of the Catalunya en Comú-Podem coalition in Parliament, Elisenda Alamany, has stepped down from her post, but without giving up her seat as an MP.

The change came on Monday morning, only a few days after Alamany and some other party members presented a group within the party critical of the leadership.

This group includes two of the eight MPs in the only parliamentary force non-aligned on the independence issue. The group are calling on the leadership to defend Catalan “sovereignty” and to change certain internal dynamics.

"Attempt to avoid old dynamics"

In a statement on Monday, Alamany continued her criticism of the party leaders –with Barcelona mayor Ada Colau among them.

“When we said that we wanted to build a new political force it is because we believed that it would also work at trying to avoid old dynamics,” she said, adding: “Yet today I regret to say that we are far from what we wanted to overcome, and those dynamics are being replicated, and our political stances are too reminiscent of those by the parliamentary groups that preceded us.”