“It’s easy to take out the government: You just have to write it” in the official Spanish gazette, he added. These include Josep Rull, the minister of planning and sustainability, who attended an official function on Sunday despite being nominally sacked. “As Puigdemont said in Saturday’s speech, we are going to keep working,” said Neus Lloveras, a Catalan lawmaker from Mr. Puigdemont’s party. But in parts of the Catalan administration, especially among more senior political appointees, many were happy to show their support for Mr. Puigdemont. Madrid’s plans to hold new Catalan elections in December could be derailed if local administrations throughout Catalonia refuse to take part, said Ms. Lloveras, the Catalan lawmaker.

Source: New York Times October 29, 2017 22:30 UTC