The voters in Catalonia an autonomous region in Southern Spain has once again delivered a blow to Madrid by backing pro-independence parties
The Spanish Senate formally voted 214-47 on Friday to authorize the implementation of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, suspending parliamentary rule in Catalonia.
The Catalan parliament on Friday voted to declare independence from Spain, prompting celebrations in Barcelona and a strong response from the central government in Madrid, Spain.
As per the media reports emanating from Spain the Catalan parliament has declared independence from Spain, the declaration comes just at the time
On Saturday, three weeks after the savage police crackdown on the October 1 Catalan independence referendum, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy formally announced the invocation of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution to strip Catalonia’s regional government of its powers.