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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.

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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 Unixnut on Sunday September 10 2017, @09:10AM

    by Unixnut (5779) on Sunday September 10 2017, @09:10AM (#565914)

    Interesting, I guess we will see what happens. One thing though:

    > So there seems to be a real possibility of the result being "SI" while the will of the majority is "NON".

    If the result is "SI", it means that was the will of the majority. Those who don't vote are essentially voting that they don't care which way it swings, so it can be considered "SI" for both sides.
    Also explains why they would ignore the turnout, it would be the right thing to do. As long as they ignore the turnout if it was a "non" as well.

    Moral of the story is: if you actually care about such an important referendum, you go out and vote. Only way to be sure people don't assume you are for either option. If you don't vote, both sides can claim you are on their side, and then things can get messy.

    Either way, looks like things will be interesting in Spain in the coming weeks.

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