9-Apr-18 TV News: ‘Friday, new debate to elect president’

Friday April 13. The Parliament speaker called today a new session to elect a new Catalan president. But the big question is: will the debate go ahead? Or will it be cancelled, again? The answer is not simple: the presidential candidate, Jordi Sànchez, is in jail. And a judge has to decide whether to release him so he could attend the debate. In February, the answer was no. But since then, the UN urged Spain to protect Sànchez’s political rights. So what will the judge decide? Also today, the Spanish King visited Barcelona, again amid strong security measures and street protests.