Posted: Oct 22, 2017 1:35 pm
aban57 wrote:ronmcd wrote:Spanish minister on Marr this morning explaining some of the violence was "fake", and explaining that of courseCatalonia can be independent legally, if the whole of Spain votes for it in a referendum.
Aye.
True, except said referendum has to be validated by the central government, which clearly said it would never happen. What do you do in this case ?
Options are very limited. There seems to be no possible democratic resolution to this. The majority nationally will not vote in Catalonia's interests and the central government has demonstrated it's determination to obstruct all attempts at democratic solutions.
Now they are imposing direct rule.
I guess there is a lot more violence on the way.
Direct rule is a recipe for civil disobedience and hugely increases the scope for conflict. The thousands of Spanish civil guards and national police drafted in for the referendum are still stationed in Catalonia.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... irect-rule