Catalonia government: We won the right to establish a state

[youssif20]

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2. The government of Catalonia supported 90% of the vote for the  secession of the territory from Spain in the referendum which took place  on Sunday and participated by about 2.26 million people, indicating  that the people of the territory gained their right to establish a  state, while Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the referendum  "failed."
   
3. This figure represents a turnout of about 42.3% of the total number of voters in Catalonia of 5.34 million.
   
4. Catalonia government spokesman Jordi Turol told a news conference that  2.02 million Catalan voters voted "yes" to the question "Do you want  Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic?"
   
5. In a televised address Sunday evening in Barcelona,
   
   Catalonia  Boydemont said the Catalans had won the right to have an independent  state after the "millions" of them took part in the referendum on  secession from Spain.
   
6. Call for Europe
   Boegdemont called on the EU to engage directly in the conflict between  Catalonia and the Spanish state. "We are European citizens and we  suffer violations of our rights and freedoms," he said.
   
7. Bigmont said the results would be transmitted "in the coming days" to  the Catalan parliament "in order to implement" the referendum law, which  stipulates the declaration of secession under the scenario of winning  the "yes".
   
8. The referendum day witnessed strong interventions by the Spanish riot  police to prevent the referendum from continuing, and the provincial  government announced that more than 800 people were injured in clashes  with the police.
   
9. The referendum failed
   On the other hand, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that the  province of Catalonia "failed" to hold a referendum secession, which he  considered illegal, stressing that political demands can not be  expressed through illegal channels.
   
10. He said the government had fulfilled its obligations, expressing the  hope that the Catalan government would withdraw from its announcement of  secession from Spain and called on the political parties represented in  parliament to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis in  Catalonia.
    
11. On the other hand, Rajavi denied that the police used excessive violence to prevent the referendum.

                                      

Comments

[detlef-s]

Si!

[mitsjones]

Thank you for writing this. Do you know if the EU policy of immigration has any role in this? It seems like that an issue that most countries are having in the EU nowadays. It seems like Spain has been becoming more dictatorial in recent years. I hope the people get their freedom.