Spain must listen to voice of the Catalan people who have expressed their wish twice in two months demanding independence and freedom, said Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. Besides, they also say that Spain’s Constitutional Court’s ruling in 2010 undermined the Catalan identity, this inadvertently led to the independence referendum in Catalonia on October 1. There were clashes when Spanish national police tried to prevent people from voting. Subsequently, the ruling separatists in the Catalan parliament declared independence on October 27. The election on December 21 took place after the Spanish government sacked the Catalan leaders and dissolved the parliament.

Source: Pakistan Today December 22, 2017 18:45 UTC