{"id":27074,"date":"2017-10-21T10:43:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T15:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27074"},"modified":"2017-10-21T10:43:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T15:43:29","slug":"spain-activates-nuclear-option-will-seize-control-of-catalan-government-force-new-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=27074","title":{"rendered":"Spain Activates “Nuclear Option”: Will Seize Control Of Catalan Government, Force New Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain Activates “Nuclear Option”: Will Seize Control Of Catalan Government, Force New Elections<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy asked lawmakers to grant him unprecedented powers to force leaders of the Catalonia region to cease their independence push, a dramatic escalation in the confrontation between Spain and the separatist region, which the WSJ <\/a>– and virtually everyone else – has said will be a major test for Spanish democracy.\u00a0 According to The Spain Report<\/a>, this\u00a0is the first time in the modern democratic period that a central\u00a0government has suspended home rule in one of Spain’s 17 regions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy unveils plans to curb powers of Catalan government http:\/\/<\/span>bbc.in\/2zCVTRr\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Rajoy announced that his central government would use Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution to remove the Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and sack the entire Catalan regional government as part of a barrage of actions, and force new elections on the region within six months. <\/strong>Summoning the sweeping powers of Article 155, Rajoy said Saturday, was a last resort.<\/p>\n

Puigdemont and his regional administration will be removed from office once the Spanish Senate approves the government\u2019s plan as soon as this week and Spanish government ministers will take over the management of the Catalan administration, Rajoy said according to Bloomberg. <\/a>The responsibilities of the Catalan government will be administered in the interim period by central government ministries. Furthermore, the Catalan Parliament will not be allowed to present a new candidate for First Minister, to prevent Puigdemont from being reappointed.<\/p>\n

Rajoy said “This is not a suspension of home rule but the dismissal of those who lead the regional government”. The Spanish Senate will be in charge of controlling the process. As a result, Rajoy said Spain\u2019s central government would temporarily control Catalonia\u2019s regional ministries until new elections are called. The prime minister said he is seeking to convene regional elections within six months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spain Activates “Nuclear Option”: Will Seize Control Of Catalan Government, Force New Elections Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy asked lawmakers to grant him unprecedented powers to force leaders of the Catalonia region to cease their independence push, a dramatic escalation in the confrontation between Spain and the separatist region, which the WSJ – and virtually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[16413,117,968,8641,743,4318],"class_list":["post-27074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","tag-carles-puigdemont","tag-catalonia","tag-independence","tag-mariano-rajoy","tag-spain","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27075,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27074\/revisions\/27075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}