Monday, November 10, 2014

Catalan leader to step up independence push as 80% vote to split from Spain

Via Billy

barcelona

Catalan leader Artur Mas vowed to step up the push for independence after early results from Sunday’s symbolic vote showed that four out of five voters in the region backed breaking away from Spain.

With more than 2m votes cast, Mas called the symbolic referendum a “lesson in democracy, spelled out in capital letters”. He said he would send a letter on Monday to Spain’s prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, urging him to confront “the Catalan question” with a formal, binding referendum on independence.

“We want to decide a new political future. *All nations have a right to do so and mature democracies respect that,” said Mas. *Unless you have a Tyrant Lincoln or Tyrant Obama.

More @ The Guardian

2 comments:

  1. At first, I thought, You Go! Not sure what to think as this region is a major radical muslim stronghold.
    http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3393/catalonia-islamic-republic

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    1. Didn't know that as in all the parades/demonstrations over the years, I haven't seen any that were "muslim looking" :)

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