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Laia Estrada to Resign Catalan Parliament Seat in September

She cited deep political splits with the CUP leadership, paving the way for Xavi Pellicer’s succession.

Overview

  • Estrada notified the CUP’s National Secretariat on July 23 that she will relinquish her deputy role at the start of the new legislative term in September.
  • In a message on X, she attributed her decision to “discrepancias políticas” with the party’s strategic direction.
  • Xavi Pellicer, next on the CUP’s candidate list and a former legislator, is set to replace her in the Parliament of Catalonia.
  • The party’s National Secretariat thanked Estrada for her service as a deputy since 2021 and as a Tarragona city councillor from 2015 to 2021.
  • The CUP reiterated its commitment to enact resolutions from its last congress focused on a democratic rupture toward a socialist, feminist and ecologist republic.