Carlos
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I am a bit angry with the way Madrid has handled this situation: Because, I think that the poll should have been legal. If I were the centralized government (Madrid) and in control of Spain (in terms of strategy) I believe there would probably be no choice but to let Catalonia go, if they had voted YES in a legal referendum. If the Catalonians voted No, then Spain would have absolutely nothing to worry about; at least for a while.
I do not mean to make people upset; but I believe Madrid being provocative towards Catalonia is having dire consequences: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30111044
Catalonia seems like it may be destined to go. Catalonia already has an intense nationalist movement and is a pretty wealthy region. And, compared to the oppressive government of Spain with a falling economy; Madrid's provocative intervention into Catalonia will only bring more division. And Spain as a whole just simply doesn't have the resources or respect, to support this region anymore. I see Madrid has not handled this situation well and the consequences of this may be drastic.
All in all, there were much bigger cons to Madrid not letting Catalonia have a legal polling. There would be more pros to letting Catalonia have a fair and legal polling referendum, rather than an illegal one. If you recall your history, Slovenia broke away from Yugoslavia with an 88% of the population voting for independence. (Catalonia is 80.5%) But I believe Yugoslavia had deemed the Slovenian referendum illegal.
According to Rajoy, we have witnessed "a profound failure of the independence project." The president has shown the limited mobilization achieved Artur Mas, since two thirds of Catalans missed their call for vote on Sunday, even as their own accounts. "It was a demonstration of weakness, not strength." After much noise and so much money spent campaign, said Rajoy, is that two thirds of Catalans did not want to play along Artur Mas.
Rajoy insisted that Artur Mas will gain no political advantage for their separatist challenge, and has defended the government's actions from the beginning. "The government has defended the law, has taken decisions proportionality and moderation.
The Senior Prosecutor of Catalonia this morning the lawsuit against the president of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, and against the vice president, Joana Ortega, and the Minister of Education, Irene Rigau, for his role in organizing the so-called "participatory process "9-N. The offenses for which the accused are trespass, disobedience, embezzlement and usurpation of its functions.
In Spain the bizarre Catalan separatists have become a classic internet humor.