Catalonia Holds An Informal Vote On Secession From Spain

[Better Day 5,766]

In the wake of the fixed Scottish referendum No vote, 

 

Catalonia holds an informal vote on secession from Spain

 

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)  Catalonia's government said more than a million voters participated Sunday in an informal vote on whether the wealthy northeastern region should secede from the rest of Spain.

 

The regional Catalan government pushed forward with the vote despite Spain's Constitutional Court ordering its suspension on Tuesday after it agreed to hear the Spanish government's challenge that the poll is unconstitutional.

 

The Catalan government said that over 1.1 million of the 5.4 million eligible voters had voted by 1300 local time at polling stations manned with more than 40,000 volunteers. Results are expected Monday morning.

 

"Despite the enormous impediments, we have been able to get out the ballot boxes and vote," regional president Artur Mas said after depositing his ballot at a school in Barcelona.

The ballot asks voters two questions: should Catalonia be a state, and if so, should it be independent.

 

Polls show that the majority of Catalonia's 7.5 million inhabitants want an official vote on independence, while around half support breaking centuries-old ties with Spain.

 

Catalonia's push for independence comes two months after the Scots voted (Brainwashed) to remain in the United Kingdom

 

Mas has said the vote, which lacks guarantees such as an electoral roll, is only symbolic and will likely lead to anticipated regional elections that will stand-in for a referendum on independence.

 

There was a festive atmosphere as hundreds lined up in front of another school in Barcelona, with some wearing pro-independence regalia.

 

"I voted for independence because I've always felt very Catalan," said Nuria Silvestre, a 44-year-old teacher. "Maybe I wasn't so radical before, but the fact that they are prohibiting (the vote) from Madrid has made me."

 

Catalan television showed similar lines of voters across the region.

 

Spanish state prosecutors announced late Saturday that they were opening an investigation to determine if by holding the informal vote in defiance of the court's suspension the Catalan government has broken the law.

 

Catalonia has seen rallies of hundreds of thousands of pro-independence supporters for the past three years, after Spain's economic downturn and the Spanish government's repeated denial to grant Catalonia control over its financial future.

 

This is good news for Catalonians. I hope they get independence, I hope everyone gets independence, They deserve it 

 

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This is good news for Catalonians. I hope they get independence, I hope everyone gets independence, They deserve it 

 

 

yaaaas 7 billion independent nations 

[vespertine 3]

did you have to add "(brainwashed)" in there?

nevertheless i hope that all goes well.

[Better Day 5,766]

did you have to add "(brainwashed)" in there?

nevertheless i hope that all goes well.

 

Yes, It is true, The tories brainwashing as usual

[hmm 979]

"Everyone should be independent" makes absolutely no sense. Plus, if only a fifth of the electorate turned out to vote, it doesn't show too well for the validity of the vote. You can support Scottish independence (which is perfectly fine) without becoming desperate, which is what this constant drivel of propaganda is...

[Luc 4,776]

This will have no effect though.

 

I hope that they can get an official referendum when Spain is in a healthier economic state. Many Catalonians are probably biased because they feel that they have to pay for the 'poor' Spanish because they're so rich, which is even worse during a crisis. When Spain gets rid of their 24% unemployment rate, they'll be able to vote based on their pride for their own culture, instead of economic situation (which changes every year).

[RAMROD 117,034]

I believe they won't get far,

Esp since Quebec and Scotland didn't make it.

Also, since East Timor actually begging for Indonesia to take them back after getting freedom they seek and suddenly become the poorest country in the world soon after,

regardless that country is rich in petrol.

[Better Day 5,766]

I believe they won't get far,

Esp since Quebec and Scotland didn't make it.

Also, since East Timor actually begging for Indonesia to take them back after getting freedom they seek and suddenly become the poorest country in the world soon after,

regardless that country is rich in petrol.

 

A Scottish poll last week shows 66% of people are in favour of another referendum in the next decade... so think again

[Willy Wonka 4]

This will have no effect though.

I hope that they can get an official referendum when Spain is in a healthier economic state. Many Catalonians are probably biased because they feel that they have to pay for the 'poor' Spanish because they're so rich, which is even worse during a crisis. When Spain gets rid of their 24% unemployment rate.

Plus Catalonia is one of the highest taxed regions in all of Europe

At the same time, Catalonia is gonna suffer a hell of a lot if they become independent and I don't think they've really come to understand the potential consequences

[bionic 50,111]

A Scottish poll last week shows 66% of people are in favour of another referendum in the next decade... so think again

 

I doubt they'll get it though.

 

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Defying what Madrid are telling them to do isn't going to help their case, either.

[Willy Wonka 4]

I doubt they'll get it though.

 

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Defying what Madrid are telling them to do isn't going to help their case, either.

They really didn't though. Madrid said they couldn't hold a referendum, so they didn't. They only held a advisory referendum. Basically just asking the opinion of its inhabitants.

[Better Day 5,766]

I doubt they'll get it though.

 

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Defying what Madrid are telling them to do isn't going to help their case, either.

 

We will get it... A lot of people are realising Westministers lies about Devo-max which I saw through at the start

[bionic 50,111]

They really didn't though. Madrid said they couldn't hold a referendum, so they didn't. They only held a advisory referendum. Basically just asking the opinion of its inhabitants.

 

Oh. Thanks for clearing that up. :)

 

We will get it... A lot of people are realising Westministers lies about Devo-max which I saw through at the start

 

Scottish independence won't come in our lifetime, unfortunately. It is inevitable in the future though (unless a European megastate comes first)

[Better Day 5,766]

Oh. Thanks for clearing that up. :)

 

 

Scottish independence won't come in our lifetime, unfortunately. It is inevitable in the future though (unless a European megastate comes first)

 

How do you know? Nobody knows... They will be another referendum... I mean according my friend who told me... We can hold another referendum till December according to the Edinburgh Agreement... Sturgeon didn't rule out another referendum... This general election will decide this

[craig 680]

It took 2 losing referendums before Quebecois separatism started to fade.