Posted on 09/30/2017 10:29:51 PM PDT by aquila48
A potentially violent showdown looms in Spain on Sunday, where tens of thousands of Catalans intend to carry out an independence referendum deemed unconstitutional by the country’s courts.
Hundreds of independence supporters slept overnight on Friday and Saturday in some 160 schools that are designated polling places, vowing to keep them open for voters.
But local police planned to remove them on Sunday — by force if necessary, Spanish government sources told Reuters.
Catalan officials have said polls will open at 9 a.m. The Madrid government has ordered separatists to vacate the schools by 6 a.m.
And while both sides were urging non-violence on Saturday, thousands of national police billeted in two ships off Barcelona were ready to halt voting.
“We trust that citizens understand and will follow those instructions” to leave school polling stations, said Enric Millo, the region’s top Spanish government official.
Carles Puigdemont, the pro-separatist president of the wealthy region in northeast Spain, is undaunted. Catalonia has a right to decide its own future, he told separatists.
“Friends,” he said, “so that victory is definite, on Sunday let’s dress up in referendum [clothes] and leave home prepared to change history.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Alka-Seltzer once featured an overtrimmed paella along with other ethnic foods in their “Oh, what a relief it is” ads.
This was before “Mama mia, datsa some spicy meat-a-ball!”.
;^)
“These days I actually get some good real news from rt tv. If you can wade through the propaganda...”
Probably easier to wade through their propaganda than that of CNN, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, PBS etc.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.