Spanish PM Rajoy Blasts Catalans’ “Mockery Of Democracy”, Says Spain “Responded With Firmness, Calm” Injuring 761 People

zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Oct 1, 2017 2:10 PM

Update: With the injury count now at 761, according to El Mundo, here are the headlines from Rajoy’s address as he bagen: Catalonia’s unauthorized independence referendum “is a mockery of the very essence of democracy,” Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says.

Speaking from the Palace of Moncloa, his official residence in Madrid, Rajoy said “there has been no referendum of self-determination in Catalonia today”.

• *RAJOY SAYS MAIN OBLIGATION IS TO FULFILL LAW
• *REFERENDUM ON SELF-DETERMINATION DIDN’T TAKE PLACE: RAJOY
• *CATALAN POLITICAL DEMANDS MUST BE MET THROUGH DIALOGUE: RAJOY
• *MAJORITY OF CATALANS HAVE SHOWN THEY RESPECT LAW: RAJOY
• *SPANISH GOVT RESPONDED WITH FIRMNESS, CALM: RAJOY
• *SPAIN HAS FULFILLED DUTY ACCORDING TO LAW: RAJOY
• *RAJOY THANKS SUPPORT OF EU, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (which is now over!)
• *SPAIN SHOULD SEEK TO REBUILD COEXISTENCE: RAJOY
• *RAJOY THANKS POLICE FORCES FOR LOYALTY TO SPANISH STATE
• *RAJOY TO SUMMON PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES TO REFLECT ON FUTURE

A total of 761 people were injured in violent clashes with police during Sunday’s disputed referendum on Catalonia’s independence from Spain, the Catalan regional government reports.

Four days after meeting with President Trump, who ‘hoped’ Spain would stay ‘united’ and that “secession would be foolish,” Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy is set to address the nation to explain why he sent his brutish military into Catalonia to stop people of his nation from exercising their free will to vote, injuring over 400 in the meantime. 

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