Catalonia Overwhelmingly Voices Desire for IndependenceMore than 80 percent of voters approve non-binding declarationby Jon Queally Common Dreams Nov. 10, 2014 |
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Voters in Catalonia on Sunday proved overwhelmingly in favor of claiming their independence from Spain with more than 80 percent of those who turned out for the non-binding resolution declaring their desire to separate themselves formally from Spain. Though a Spanish court declared the vote invalid even before it took place, proponents of the referendum in the autonomous north-east region declared the vote a great success and said it proves that a full and binding election on indepence should now take place. Indications were well over two million people out of an estimated 5.4 million eligible voters took part in the ballot. And the results were clear. According to Reuters: The "consultation of citizens" in the wealthy northeastern region follows a legal block by the central government against a more formal, albeit still non-binding ballot which regional leaders had been pushing for originally.And the New York Times adds: Even after being ordered by the Constitutional Court of Spain to suspend the vote, the regional government allowed the straw poll. It has insisted that such a court ban could not override the right of Catalonia's 7.5 million citizens, who include 5.4 million voters, to decide whether to secede. |