Businessman and politician Santiago Espot has been campaigning in Barcelona for months. He records videos and posts them on social media criticizing certain city council measures or denouncing the "degradation" of the Catalan capital. A tireless presence online, where he has thousands of followers, he attacks immigration policies, but also expats, whom he invites to return to their countries if they don't want to integrate into Catalonia. A staunch Catalan separatist, Espot was the instigator of the booing of the Spanish national anthem at the 2015 Copa del Rey final, which landed him in the National Court for insulting Spanish symbols. With this track record, his name had been mentioned as a possible candidate for Aliança Catalana in the municipal elections. However, Espot will not be joining Sílvia Orriols' party's Barcelona list. According to information obtained by ARA, he has decided to set up an independent platform that has the support of the National Front of Catalonia (FNC), the formation from which Aliança was born as a result of a split, which he himself wants to lead.