Catch Puchdemona

The Council of Ministers of Spain on Saturday will hold an emergency meeting at which the issue of canceling the autonomy of Catalonia to "restore the constitutional order" will be considered. This was reported by El Pais with a reference to the statement of the residence of the Prime Minister.

"The government will proceed to the implementation of the order set out in article 155 of the Constitution," the statement said. This article allows you to suspend the powers of local leadership and introduce external management in the region.

The government made a statement after the head of the Catalonia Zeenuralite Carles Puchdemon again ignored the requirement of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to answer the question whether he proclaimed the independence of Catalonia from Spain. On Thursday, Puchemdemon confirmed the suspension of the declaration of independence, and also stated that he intends to announce the separation of Catalonia from Spain if Madrid refuses the dialogue on this issue.

The referendum on the independence of Catalonia took place on October 1. According to the autonomy authorities, more than 90 percent of the voted - 2.26 million people spoke from Spain. The turnout amounted to 42 percent. After the start of the vote, the Spanish security forces began to storm the plots and take the urn from there. Referendum participants were detained and beaten. In some cases, demonstrators were fired by rubber bullets. In total, 844 people suffered from the actions of the security forces, while the police themselves did not interfere with the Catalonia.

According to the Law on the referendum, the deputies of the Autonomy Parliament were to proclaim independence 48 hours after it, but they did not immediately do this. On October 10, Puchdemon called on parliamentarians to postpone the adoption of the Declaration of Independence for several weeks to facilitate negotiations with Brussels and Madrid. The next day, the president and 72 deputies out of 135 signed the declaration , but it did not acquire legal force, since it was not voted in parliament. On October 12, Rahoy called the leadership of Catalonia for a week to disavow the document , threatening the administration of the region otherwise.

On Tuesday, the court in Madrid arrested the leader of the Catalan organization "General Culture" Jordi Kuishar and the head of the "Catalan National Assembly" Jordi Sanchez for "incitement to rebellion" . According to investigators, Kuishar and Sanchez organized mass protests on September 20-21 in Catalonia, during which the demonstrators were blocked in the administrative buildings of the Spanish security forces that carried out the recesses of documents in connection with the preparation of a referendum on the independence of autonomy. At the same time, protesters destroyed several cars of the civilian guard.

There are two more suspects, the chief of the Catalonia police, Major Zhuzeppe Lewis Trapeo and his deputy Tureze Laplan, the court left at large. Police officers are charged with inconceivation to the authorities: local law enforcement officers did not help the Spanish Civil Guard to disperse protesters ..

After the arrest in Barcelona, ​​a thousands of protest demonstration took place.

The preparation and conduct of the Catalonia of the Referendum on Independence entailed the largest constitutional crisis in Spain over the past few decades. The Basic Law of the Kingdom does not give the regions the right to withdraw from the country.