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Spain Trying to Stop Catalonia Independence Referendum

posted by janrinok on Friday September 08 2017, @06:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the then-the-Basques,-and-then-...? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41191327

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy says he will ask the courts to revoke a law passed by the Catalan regional government to hold a referendum on independence. He described the vote, planned for 1 October, as illegal.

Earlier, state prosecutors said they would bring criminal charges against Catalan leaders for their endorsement of the referendum.

The pro-independence majority in Catalonia's parliament passed the referendum law on Wednesday. Spain's wealthy north-eastern region already has autonomous powers but the regional government says it has popular support for full secession.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday September 09 2017, @12:21AM (3 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Saturday September 09 2017, @12:21AM (#565403) Journal

    more like Q*bert, lol.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q*bert [wikipedia.org] (for the young'uns)

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday September 09 2017, @02:32AM (2 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday September 09 2017, @02:32AM (#565464) Homepage

    Why does Q*bert have an uncircumcised penis for a nose?

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @07:19AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @07:19AM (#565533)

      fuck knows.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by chromas on Saturday September 09 2017, @08:58AM

      by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 09 2017, @08:58AM (#565551) Journal

      That's why he's got the asterisk in his name. There's a secret Zionist footnote to indicate he's one of the non-subservient goyim.