Pro-unity protesters gather in Barcelona two days after Catalonia gains 'independence'
[caption id=“attachment_4183959” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Pro-unity protesters gathered for a rally in Catalonia’s capital Barcelona on Sunday, two days after regional lawmakers voted to break away from Spain. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4183923” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] As protesters gathered for the march, the deputy president, Oriol Junqueras of the region’s now-deposed government lashed out against Madrid over what he called a “coup d’etat”. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4183921” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] ‘The President of the country is and will remain Carles Puigdemont’ Oriol Junqueras wrote in Catalan newspaper, El Punt Avvi.
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Pro-unity protesters gathered for a rally in Catalonia’s capital Barcelona on Sunday, two days after regional lawmakers voted to break away from Spain. AP
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As protesters gathered for the march, the deputy president, Oriol Junqueras of the region’s now-deposed government lashed out against Madrid over what he called a “coup d’etat”. AP
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‘The President of the country is and will remain Carles Puigdemont’ Oriol Junqueras wrote in Catalan newspaper, El Punt Avvi. AP
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The Catalan crisis was triggered by a banned independence referendum on 1 October that was shunned by many and marred by police violence. AP
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On Friday, Catalan lawmakers passed a motion by 70 votes out of 135 in the secessionist-majority regional parliament, to declare the region of 7.5 million people independent from Spain. AP
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Meantime, prosecutors are preparing to file charges of rebellion against president Carles Puigdemont next week for being defiant and calling for ‘democratic opposition’ to Madrid’s power grab. AP
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