This Saturday Together for Catalonia (JxCat) will hold its first congress in Argelers. Two years ago the party was formally founded in an online event, in the midst of the pandemic. Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and former Catalan National Assembly (ANC) leader Jordi Sànchez were anointed president and secretary general, although internal tension and strife abounded. Now, Puigdemont and Sànchez, who played leading roles in the 2017 Independence bid, have stepped aside and a new tandem has taken charge: former Catalan minister Jordi Turull, who was a cabinet member in 2017, will be the new secretary general; Speaker Laura Borràs, who has been the party's visible face since the 2020 primaries, will become president. Turull and Borràs managed to piece together a unitary candidacy at the last minute and will now face the challenge of making the power sharing they have agreed on at the top, with half of the leadership team from each camp, operational. They will also have to guide the party after the Puigdemont era. The former president was a uniting figure within the party, but he will now focus on the Council for the Republic instead.

Former Catalan minister Jordi Turull and Parliament Speaker Laura Borràs will present a joint candidacy at the Together for Catalonia (JxCat) party congress on June 4 in Argelers (Catalunya Nord). Both have appeared this Tuesday at noon to present their candidacy: Laura Borràs will run for party president and Jordi Turull for secretary general. Yesterday morning they reached an agreement to share power in the party leadership: the statutes will be changed so the president has more powers –it was one of Borràs's conditions to accept the position and not run for secretary general– and other leadership posts have also been agreed. "We are the fathers and sons of October 1st [2017 Independence Referendum]", Turull proclaimed during the press conference to present the candidacy, and Borràs has described it as a "very good agreement" and an "opportunity".