Catalan independence push is a fight against status quo: analyst As the political crisis triggered by the October 1 Catalan independence referendum continues to unfold, a Spanish judge decided to keep Catalonia's sacked vice president Oriol Junqueras and three other separatist leaders in prison, a move that political science professor Oriol Bartomeus says "strengthens the argument" of the independence parties that the upcoming elections are "not fully democratic". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES