Reuters: Spain sacks Catalan government after independence declaration
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation, in Spain’s gravest political crisis since the return of democracy four decades ago.
A new election will be held in Catalonia on Dec. 21, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a televised address on a day of high drama.
As well as removing Carles Puigdemont as head of the autonomous region, he also fired the police chief and said central government ministries would take over the Catalan administration.
“Spain is living through a sad day,” Rajoy said. “We believe it is urgent to listen to Catalan citizens, to all of them, so that they can decide their future and nobody can act outside the law on their behalf.”
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WNU Editor: This new election will probably result in the election of even more pro-independence MPs. But what troubles me is that I am now reading reports that these parties may be banned from participating in this new election. These are just reports .... nothing official and I can only hope that it is not true .... but if this is the case the only thing that I can say is that Spain is now going down a very dangerous road.
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