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Spain Trying to Stop Catalonia Independence Referendum

posted by janrinok on Friday September 08 2017, @06:25PM   
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.

See also:

• Will Catalonia try to secede from Spain this year? [Jan 2017]
• Catalan independence: Plan for quick split from Spain after vote [Jul 2017]
• Catalonia's push for independence from Spain [Nov 2015]

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Original Submission

• Re:leeches will be leeches (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday September 10 2017, @01:08AM

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday September 10 2017, @01:08AM (#565826) Homepage

  The Hunted is totally relevant because it is about an oppressed section of society fighting the will of their government against their own interests.

  Although its primary allegory is that of the treatment of returning war vets in particular, invoking the Vietnam war. You know, just like how that filthy fifth-columnist Napolitano famously warned that returning Iraq and Afghanistan vets should be considered domestic terrorists...and look where she is now, making millions being the big boss for the University of California system.

  Demolition man is about libertarians fighting against an oppressive control-freak government, and is especially relevant because it takes place in the (fictional) future California city of San Angeles.

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