Yes it's easier to spot when governments are overtly corrupt, you would think that following the recent terrorist activity in Barcelona there would be a degree of unity from spain no 'Je suis Catalan' is there?.....very odd.
'Trampling democracy?
Reports have been coming out of Catalonia that the Spanish government has:
Threatened 700 Catalan Mayors with arrest if they agree to hold the referendum in their jurisdictions.
Ordered armed military police to raid print works, in an attempt to destroying voting materials. The police seized over 1.3 million pieces of campaign literature.
Shut down the official independence referendum website.
Warned Catalonia it will take control of its finances if the referendum isn’t stopped.
Also threatened newspaper and TV editors with court action, if they publish or broadcast material relating to the referendum.
As Al Jazeera reported, the Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, has said of the referendum:
We have the full force of the state against us… Faced with judicial proceedings and threats… the regional government is more determined than ever…
But Spain’s Conservative Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, said laws passed by the regional government connected to the referendum were “illegal and anti-democratic”, adding:
There will not be a referendum… It’s my duty to preserve national unity…'
https://www.thecanary.co/global/2017...sa-may-silent/