Puigdemont's deadline for 'clarifying intentions' passes
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 @ 12:43 PM
CATALUNYA regional president Carles Puigdemont has ignored the central government's ultimatum and has not clarified whether or not his speech following the banned referendum was, in fact, a declaration of independence.
President of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, said Puigdemont had until Monday this week to say whether or not independence had been declared and, if this was the case, until this coming Thursday to retract his statement.
If neither happens, by Friday this week, the State will invoke Article 155 of the Constitution and withdraw all powers from Catalunya's autonomous government, placing it under national rule.
Article 155 has never been triggered before in this history of the Constitution, which was signed in December 1978.
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