Led by its president, Artur Mas, on July 8, 2016 Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC by its Catalan acronym) held its last congress.
The reasoning behind the re-branding process often mentions the desire to disassociate the party from its corruption problems, including those of CDC's founder, Jordi Pujol, which occurred during its dominance of Catalan regional politics [REF].