2.26 million voters, 90% say yes. Four Screenplays Open for Catalonia

The Catalan government announced that 90% of those who participated yesterday in the unauthorised Madrid referendum chose to vote “Po” for Catalonia's self-set. According to regional executive spokesman Jordi Turllu, 2.26 million people from over 5.3 million voters participated in the referendum and 2.02 million of them (90%) answered yes, the question: “Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic? ” 176,000 voted “Geox5>.

Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont said Catalonia gained the right to independence from Spain after <x0m reduce” people went to vote. With this day of hope and suffering, Catalonian citizens have won the right to an independent state,” said on television. On Tuesday, four general unions with different initials have announced from a general strike in Catalonia, “against repression and pro-freedom”. Catalan President has called on the EU not to take “turn its head on the other side”, in the face of Spanish police violence on voters, after which more than 800 people were injured. The one who turns his head is Madrid, with Mariano Rajoyn, who doesn't take into account the Catalan vote, talking about “moving to stage”.

The first movements have been similar: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called a meeting with the leaders of all Spanish parties to “reflect the future” and discuss returning to normality in Catalonia. On the other hand, the chairman of Generalate Katalana, Carles Puigdemont, called an extraordinary meeting of the executive council, with closed doors, while Parliament Speaker Carme Merdalle, called the leaders of the groups to set day and other rule of the plenum: “within two days of the announcement of official results”, if voted, said in the referendum law, a common “session will be held in the Quyde> to make a formal declaration of independence, power to the constitutional process.

Various political scenarios already open.

First, unilateral declaration of independence is the stated goal of “process”, but without an agreement with Madrid, it is the least practical way and with the greatest pitfalls, in order and in public safety.

Second, early regional elections, with the removal of unilateral declaration of independence, will give the Catalans an opportunity to strengthen the weight of the independence vote, but the opposite would jeopardise the division between the Pdecat and the ECC, the main parties in Catalonia, among which a race could be opened with electoral calculations.

Third, early national elections: Mariano Rajoy comes out with broken bones from this issue, has created a bad image abroad with the use of force and failed to prevent the referendum. But among the national parties dominates the stance that it is not time to vote, neither the EPP, nor the PSOE nor the Podemos are ready for elections, and all have failed to manage the Catalan issue.

Fourth, diplomacy: it doesn't seem the most realistic option, at this moment, given political distances and violence on the street, but there is a Basque model as an example of a Catalan autonomy progress. Reaching a compromise between Madrid and Barcelona is, however, extremely difficult at this time. / HuffPest World.al