Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has announced plans to dissolve the regional government and remove elected leaders as soon as possible. He also announced yesterday that fresh elections will also be held. The Spanish government moved to crush Catalonia’s growing independence movement.
As nearly half a million people protested in Barcelona, Catalonia’s biggest city, Catalan president Carles Puigdemont denounced Mr Rajoy’s decision and said that the Catalan institutions and their peop0le cannot accept this attack.
He called for the regional parliament to discuss the attempt of Spanish government to liquidate self-government. However, Puigdemont stopped short of declaring regional independence.
Source: AIR