Reuters: Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain on Monday
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain following Oct. 1’s banned referendum as the European Union nation nears a rupture that threatens the foundations of its young democracy.
Mireia Boya, a Catalan lawmaker from the pro-independence Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party, said on Twitter that a declaration of independence would follow a parliamentary session on Monday to evaluate the results of the vote to break away.
“We know that there may be disbarments, arrests ... But we are prepared, and in no case will it be stopped,” she said.
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont earlier said he would ask the region’s parliament to declare independence following the poll, which Spain’s government and constitutional court say was illegal and in which only a minority of Catalans voted.
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WNU Editor: The Spanish authorities are upping their efforts to stop this declaration .... Spanish court opens sedition probe of Catalonia officials for independence bid (Washington Post).
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