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Madrid to keep ruling Catalonia if exiled ex-leader reelected: PM
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| Author | Reuters Staff |
| News Date | Monday, January 15, 2018 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will continue to rule the regional administration of Catalonia directly from Madrid in the event that its self-exiled former leader Carles Puigdemont is chosen as president by the Catalan parliament, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday.
Puigdemont fled to Brussels in October after Rajoy fired him as Catalonia’s leader when he declared an independent republic following an illegal referendum. He faces arrest and possibly decades in jail if he returns to Spain.
With only days before Catalonia’s parliament convenes to elect a new regional government, separatists said Puigdemont was their candidate to lead the region again. They are exploring the possibility he could do so by video link from Brussels.
But Rajoy on Monday poured scorn on the idea.
“It’s absurd that someone aspires to be president of the Catalan regional government as a fugitive in Brussels - it’s a case of common sense,” he said in a speech at his center-right People’s Party (PP) Madrid headquarters. |
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