AFP: Spain threatens to arrest over 700 Catalan pro-referendum mayors
Madrid (AFP) - Spain's public prosecutor on Wednesday ordered a criminal probe of over 700 Catalan mayors who are cooperating with an October 1 independence referendum deemed illegal by Madrid.
The move increases the pressure on Catalan officials just one day before the pro-separatist camp officially kicks off its referendum campaign in the Mediterranean port of Tarragona.
The prosecutors' office ordered the mayors who have agreed to help stage the vote be summoned to court as official suspects and if they do not appear to "order their arrest", according to a copy of the ruling obtained by AFP.
Catalonia's pro-separatist government has asked the wealthy northeastern region's 948 mayors to provide facilities for polling stations for the plebiscite.
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WNU Editor: It's bad enough that Spain is threatening 700 mayors with arrest, but they are prepared to send the police into the polling booths .... Catalan independence: Police told to seize ballot boxes (DW). My prediction .... this will only galvanize the independence movement in Catalonia, and it will grow until a referendum vote is held.
More News On Spain Threatening To Arrest 700 Catalan Pro-Referendum Mayors
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Spain threatens to arrest 700 Catalan mayors over independence vote -- Deutsche Welle
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The Spanish king failed in his job.
The Prime Ministers since Franco have failed to one extent or another also.
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