Thank you for that perspective.
To me, if the vote to secede was fair, they should be allowed to leave.
The referendum of Oct.1 was a complete farce. 43% of the electorate participated. The UN refused to provide any personnel to oversee the process, but many observers did come from various European communities and noted the same people voting multiple times. The referendum was even available in the last hours for internet voting with out proof of age or citizenship.
In this off year election 20 percent turnout was the turnout and no one complained about the results here in Pennsylvania.
In Catalonia with police harassment at some polling places that cause 900 injuries, they got 43 percent turnout.
Why complain?