The Mercè festivities of 2023 they already have a preacher. Or rather, and once again, heraldsince the inaugural speech on September 22 will be borne by the writer Najat el Hachmi. She was born in Beni Sidel (Morocco) in 1979, she came to Vic at the age of eight with her family and she studied Arabic Philology at the University of Barcelona (UB). She currently resides in Barcelona and the choice of her as her preacher has been taken by the current city government team, led by Jaume Collboni. The same has not happened with him. party posterwhose election, for reasons of time so that the artist could present his proposal, was made in the previous term, with Ada Colau at the head of the town hall.
The mayor has been in charge of announcing the name of the town crier together with the commissioner for Culture and Creative Industries, Xavier Marce. In the 2022 edition of La Mercèthe preacher was the film director Carla Simó, who shared a love letter to Barcelona that was also a kind of sequel to his film ‘Alcarràs’. In the presentation of the festivities there was a kyiv City Council delegationa city that will be the guest at the Mercè festivities this year.