Aliança Catalana is gradually placing councilors in local government who had previously run on other party lists. The latest instance occurred this Tuesday in Santpedor. Jordi Soteras, who had been on the Junts listOn Tuesday, Aniol Soteras, a new councilor from Aliança Catalana, entered the Santpedor town hall, filling the vacancy left by a Junts councilor who resigned, after the six people behind him also resigned. However, the arrival of this new councilor was not as peaceful as the others and ended with a scuffle. Around fifty people from the pro-independence left gathered at the town hall doors to protest Soteras's swearing-in. Soteras is currently the vice president of the far-right pro-independence party in the Bages region. Aniol Vila, the CUP's lead candidate in the 2019 Santpedor municipal elections, was arrested that evening for seriously resisting arrest during the protest. Amid a heavy police presence, the protesters, linked to the CUP (Popular Unity Candidacy), denounced the fact that supporters of the far-right party were allowed into the plenary session while they were excluded. The former CUP councilor, however, managed to enter and reportedly tried to let the rest of the crowd in, at which point he was subdued and arrested in front of the town hall. The CUP accuses the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) of using excessive force, including restraint and handcuffs. After 11 p.m., he was released on bail from the Mossos d'Esquadra station in Manresa. Outside, where about twenty friends and family members were waiting for him, Vila didn't mince words when criticizing the police action.."I only pointed out the incongruity of not allowing the town's residents into the plenary session, when inside the room there were a dozen people who weren't from the town, and who were supporters of Aliança Catalana." He added, "I'm calling the intolerance, totalitarianism, and violence exercised by the extreme left unacceptable. Really, the fascists," he retorted.

Aliança Catalana will gain a councilor in Santpedor. This is Jordi Soteras, the party's number two in the Bages region, who had run on the Junts list but failed to win a seat. The resignation of one of their councilors in this municipality, Jordi Rojas, is what opened the doors of the town hall for Soteras, who is now part of the far-right pro-independence party, rather than Junts. as reported by Radio Santpedor. This has caused an uproar in Santpedor Town Hall, where the mayor, Agustí Comas (ERC), is demanding explanations from Junts or, at the very least, that they "recommend" that he not accept the position. The CUP warns that it will stand up to them and will not tolerate "the presence of an Aliança member who wasn't elected."

The automotive components company Magneti Marelli has informed its workers that it will open a redundancy plan (ERE) to dismiss 52 employees and close its factory in Santpedor (Bages), union representatives explained on Tuesday. Last week, the company's management informed the plant's works council of its intention to cease operations at these facilities and lay off the workforce, citing financial losses and a drop in production, according to a statement from the CCOO (Working Council of Workers' Commissions).