Posted on 10/27/2017 1:58:53 PM PDT by Nextrush
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is dissolving the Catalan parliament and calling snap local elections after MP's there voted to declare independence.
Mr. Rajoy said the unprecedented imposition of direct rule on Catalonia was essential to 'recover normality'.
He is also firing Catalan leader Carlos Puigdemont and his cabinet.
The crisis began when Catalan leaders held an independence referendum, defying a ruling by the Constitutional Court which had declared it illegal.....
Mr. Rajoy also announced the sacking of the Catalan police chief.
A motion declaring independence was approved with 70 in favor, 10 against, and two abstentions in the 135-seat chamber......
Afterwards thousands took to the streets in Barcelona to celebrate, and Spanish flags were removed from some regional government buildings.
Separatists say the move means they no longer fall under Spanish jurisdiction.
But the Spanish Constitutional Court is likely to declare it illegal, while the EU, the US. the UK, Germany and France all expressed support for Spanish unity.
Meanwhile Spanish prosecutors say they will file charges of "rebellion" against Mr. Puigdemont next week....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
The Spanish Prime Minister dissolving the Catalan parliament is like the CJ of the Supremes putting out an orde that Andrew Jackson ignored and laughed at
Thanks, for a great reply. :-)
The Spanish government would just go into every house demanding all financial records.
Catalonia. There is a Muslim connection behind it all.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3393/catalonia-islamic-republic
And how exactly would they do that? House to house searches? If word got out that the Catalan government had destroyed all of the records you don't think sympathetic citizens would follow suit? It would be chaos.
If Texas was independent, as the 9th biggest economic power house in the world, what could we do with the extra $430 billion dollars we send to DC every year to watch wasted away. Maybe now with Strauss gone we can help push our #TEXIT plans further in Austin than ever before. We have support in Austin but just like England and Spain the elitists stop the wants of We the People.
All of these upheavals have a Green/Red connection and is/will be playing out. Putin and Iran are working hand in hand to spread mayhem across countries with Islam and Communism. This includes the US where the Communist party is now an in your face party openly displaying its attempt to take over America and its players, example; McCain being turned while lounging in hotel accommodations in North Vietnam, Hillary Clinton selling Uranium to Russia.
Check the religion demographics of Catalonia. Muslims, as per 2014 account for only 7% of Catalonia’s population. Those professing agnosticism or atheism each account for a greater segment of the population. Combined these two segments total a bit more than 30%. One can guess that forms the socialist core element. Catholics remain in the majority.
Granted that 7% muslim is 8% too much, the adult voting population is a fraction of that 7%, so more likely less of a factor in the move to independence than other groups by a significant margin.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Catalonia
France always cooperated with Spain in suppressing the Basque movement, as it crossed the border - and France would give up no territory to them.
When these two groups (Basques and Catalans) supported the leftist government in the 1930s against the coup, they did so on condition they receive greater autonomy/eventual independence. The problem was that this led them to focus on their own little worlds instead of the larger effort, and the army was able to crush them - especially the Basque territory, where the rabid anti-clericalism hadn’t taken root. Basques lost their stomach for the war quickly because they saw the mass killings of clergy in Catalonia and Madrid; they’d kept their faith, and wanted no part of that.
We must not turn our backs to minority Muslim sources as they IF radicalized ARE historically instigators of chaos/mayhem in order to achieve their goals no matter what miniscule percentage of a populace they are. It’s their Mosque training from birth.
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