People
gather to stage a protest against the arrest of two Catalan separatist
leaders in Barcelona on October 17, 2017 CREDIT: ANADOLU
Catalonia’s regional president, Carles Puigdemont told a meeting of
his party he would formally declare independence if Spain starts the
process of suspending the region’s autonomy on Thursday, a Catalan
government source said on Wednesday.
Madrid has given Thursday as a deadline for the regional government
to back down from a symbolic independence declaration made last week,
or face direct rule from the capital.
If Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy moves to apply direct rule on
Thursday, it will take between three and five days for regional autonomy
to be effectively suspended.
-Reuters
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