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| SNP urges Spain to 'respect' Catalan vote |
| 2017-10-10 |
| [BBC] The SNP has urged Spain to "respect" the overwhelming pro-independence vote in the disputed Catalan referendum. A motion passed unanimously at the party's conference called for international mediators to help find an "agreed solution" to the crisis. There were cheers and loud applause for a Catalan government delegation after it was introduced at the conference. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said earlier that it was "not for me to say whether Catalonia should be independent". And while the motion describes the referendum as an "expression of the democratic will of the people of Catalonia", it does not explicitly say that region should now become independent as a result. The referendum on 1 October was said by the Catalan government to have resulted in a 90% vote in favour of independence. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I've followed the issue a little. The Catalans are not "suppressed". They enjoy all democratic freedoms. The referendum was a farce. People could print out their own ballots and nobody controlled how often they voted. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2017-10-10 05:28 |
| #2 Interesting. Thank you, European Conservative. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-10-10 05:20 |
| #1 The pro vote wasn't "overwhelming". The referendum was declared illegal by the Spanish Supreme Court, so the law-abiding citizens didn't vote. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2017-10-10 05:11 |