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Spain won't accept Catalan declaration

A Spanish official says the government of Spain doesn't accept what he called an "implicit" declaration of independence by the Catalonia region's president.

 

The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with Spanish government policy.

 

He was responding to a speech by Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont.

 

Puidgemont says an Oct. 1 referendum, which Spain considered illegal, gave him a mandate to declare independence from the rest of the country. Those who voted were overwhelmingly in favor of seceding from Spain, but more than half of those eligible didn't cast ballots.

 

Puidgemont has asked the Catalan parliament to suspend any independence declaration for a few weeks to allow time for dialogue.

 

The Spanish official says the results of the referendum cannot be considered valid.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.10.17, 22:12