Catalan regional President Quim Torra (L) and former Catalan President Artur Mas take part in a rally of the pro-independence party Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) held in Tarrasa, province of Barcelona, Spain, 12 October 2019. The event was held ahead of the upcoming general elections on 10 November under the motto 'Against the Sentence, Independence'. Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who fled the country after being charged with rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds for organising an independence referendum, participated via video conference from Brussels.