Jailed leader Junqueras takes oath amid banging of tables

Ousted Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras, one of four MPs granted temporary leave from preventative prison for the swearing-in process, added the phrase, "as a committed republican as a political prisoner, and by legal imperative", to the oath of allegiance to the Spanish Constitution that MPs must pledge to officially take their seat / ACN

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First published: May 21, 2019 05:52 PM