(EPA photo)BRUSSELS/MADRID/BARCELONA: - Sacked Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont and four associates turned themselves in to Belgian police on Sunday, following Spain's issuing of an arrest warrant for rebellion and sedition. Madrid has taken over administrative control in Catalonia, until then an autonomous region, and called new elections on Dec 21. Two polls on Sunday suggested pro-Catalonia independence parties will together win December's regional election although they may fall just short of a majority of seats in parliament needed to revive the secession campaign. Parties supporting Catalonia staying in Spain would divide seats but garner around 54% of the vote, the polls suggested. We knew they would react but not as strongly as they did," she said, adding that she believed the pro-independence parties would win the December election.

Source: Bangkok Post November 05, 2017 22:30 UTC