Catalan parties propose third potential leader in race against courts

Regional presidency candidate Jordi Turull could be elected after hastily convened debate

Catalan pro-independence parties are launching a third bid to elect a regional president hours before their latest candidate appears before a judge over his part in the push for secession.

MPs will meet at 5pm on Thursday for a hastily convened investiture debate that could result in the election of Jordi Turull, former chief of staff to Carles Puigdemont, the deposed Catalan president.