So they did or they didn't?
This is like trying to let a cat go out a door. Make up your mind!
Previously they held a referendum. Now the legislature of the autonomous region have acted on it.
The Spanish government forced the Catalonian declaration .....
BBC Breaking news
“....Spain’s Senate is still to vote on whether for the first time to enact Article 155 of the Spanish constitution, which empowers the government to take “all measures necessary to compel” a region in case of a crisis.”
“It would enable Madrid to fire Catalan leaders, and take control of the region’s finances, police and public media.”
With the central government poised to arrest all of Catalonia’s elected officials the result was inevitable. Just “firing” Catalonian leaders is a hollow gesture albeit incindiary.
Spanish CWII, stay tuned.