Catalan leaders are calling for peaceful opposition to the Spanish government’s takeover of the regional parliament on Saturday. “It’s very clear that the best form of defending the gains made until now is democratic opposition to article 155,” Puigdemont said. The move came after one of the most tumultuous days in the country's recent history, as the national parliament in Madrid approved unprecedented constitutional measures to halt the secessionist drive by the regional parliament in Barcelona. Spain made the takeover official by publishing special measures online early Saturday in the country's gazette. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who now replaces Puigdemont as the top decision-maker in the northeastern region, has also dissolved the regional parliament and called a new regional election to be held on Dec. 21.

Source: Fox News October 28, 2017 09:28 UTC