Catalonia: December election should 'recover democracy' (Albiol) Xavier Garcia Albiol, President of the People's Party of Catalonia in the Catalan Parliament, says the elections of 21 December should "serve to recover democracy", after Carles Puigdemont defiantly called for "democratic opposition" to direct rule imposed by the central government on the semi-autonomous region after its parliament declared unilateral independence on Saturday. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES