Relatives of jailed officials to lead Saturday’s march

Family members of the political leaders and the officials imprisoned by the Spanish courts will lead Saturday’s march organized by the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Òmnium Cultural pro-independence civic organizations.

Under the slogan 'Llibertat presos polítics, som república' (Freedom for political prisoners, we are the republic), the aim of the march, said ANC vice president, Agustí Alcoberro, and Òmnium spokesman, Marcel Mauri, on Thursday, is to reproduce the mass protests of recent September 11 national day demonstrations.

The spokesmen also said they hoped that Saturday’s demonstration would be “inclusive, open and wide-ranging” and they called for “any democrat” to join in, “because what is at risk is democracy itself,” said Mauri, who also stressed that the demonstration should be “radically peaceful and nonviolent”.