Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Spain has given us no choice but to declare independence, says Catalonia’s vice president

Via Billy

Rajoy argues direct rule is necessary to stop the Catalan government from acting on the results of an outlawed October 1 referendum that Puigdemont said gave him the mandate to declare independence. Pictured: Catalan nationalists wave the region's flag on Saturday

Catalonia's vice president has today said Spain has given the region's separatists no option but to proclaim a new republic.

Oriol Junqueras said his party - one of two in the ruling separatist Catalan coalition - is 'going to work toward building a republic, because we understand that there is a democratic mandate to establish such a republic.'

But Junqueras insisted he was speaking on behalf of his Republican Left party and not for the regional government of President Carles Puigdemont. 

He said the Spanish government 'is giving us no other option.'

More @ Daily Mail

2 comments:

  1. Losing Catalonia *could be* good for Spain, if it shifts to the Right and then reforms itself such that it can remain right-wing (which would be quite difficult to do).

    But if Spain is going to lose Catalonia anyway, I suspect it's best off not opposing it. To fight and lose is surely worse than to admit defeat and part amicably.

    You can't rule over a people after you've wronged them, unless of course you import new people to outbreed them...

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    1. To fight and lose is surely worse than to admit defeat and part amicably.

      You can't rule over a people after you've wronged them, unless of course you import new people to outbreed them...

      Well said.

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