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Catalan pro-independence anticapitalist party "Candidatura d'Unitat Popular - CUP" (Popular Unity Candidacy) member of Catalonia's parliament Carles Riera speaks during a parliament session on March 1, 2018 in Barcelona. Catalan separatist parties are considering appointing jailed civil society leader Jordi Sanchez as regional president as their negotiations to try and find a suitable candidate draw to a close, a lawmaker said. These parties -- which form an absolute majority in the Catalan parliament -- have been negotiating for weeks over who to pick as candidate for the regional presidency as Catalonia's sacked leader Carles Puigdemont is in self-exile in Belgium. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP) (Photo by LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty Images)