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Spain Defense Minister Warns Army May Intervene Unless “Catalonia Obeys The Rules”<\/a><\/h3>\n

With Spain’s Catalan region on the verge of electing pro-independence parties and seeking autonomy from central rule, the government (clearly worried) has ramped up the rhetoric on what consequences lie ahead. In a rather stunning outburst for a supposed democracy,\u00a0CNA reports,\u00a0<\/a>the Spanish Defence Minister, Pedro Moren\u00e9s,\u00a0assured that the army won\u2019t act in Catalonia as long as “everybody fulfills their duty.”<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0The Catalan minister for the presidency exclaimedMorenes statement was “out of this world,” and could only be made by “someone who is afraid of democracy.”<\/strong>\u00a0The army will “enforce the Constitution,” Morenes concludes, unless “members strictly obey the rules.” As one pro-independence minister opined,\u00a0“threatening and trying to intimidate means that you are only left with stupidity.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In Novermeber, Spain got a big surprise…\u00a0Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has a problem.<\/em>\u00a0Despite his best legal and propoganda defenses (and harsh weather conditions) today’s symbolioc vote for Catalonia independence proceeded… and the initial results (with 88% of the vote counted) are in:<\/p>\n