Catalonia Warns The Spanish Government Of Civil Disobedience If Madrid Imposes Direct Rule

L.A. Times: Officials in Spain's Catalonia warn of civil disobedience if Madrid moves ahead with takeover plan

Catalonia’s leaders have no divine right to stay in power, Spain’s deputy prime minister asserted Monday, hardening a threat to oust the northeastern region’s independence-minded president as the two sides moved closer to a showdown.

A senior Catalonia official, meanwhile, sent a new signal of defiance, suggesting that the region’s civil service will keep taking orders from local leaders even if Spain removes the region’s president and his top deputies.

And a far-left Catalan party predicted that the regional police force would also defy orders from Madrid if the central government asserts control.

The spiraling confrontation between Spain’s most affluent region and the central government has rattled European neighbors, spooked corporate leaders and opened up deep political divisions within Catalonia and in the rest of Spain.

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