1-O Catalonia referendum

1-Oct, an historical memory

Catalans had requested a referendum for the independence from Spain. But the Spanish government had denied it. Despite everything, all Catalans have organized everything for today, 1^st October of 2017, for vote. They used public locals as schools for the illegal voting and Spain, from the other side, had demand to the police to confiscate all the ballot box. Guardia Civil and the National Police followed the government’s demand and they used violence against the civil population to cancel the vote. In spite of everything, the Mossos d’Esquadra, Catalan’s police, gave support to the nation and they faced with the Spanish police.

The TUE, the UE’s treaty, invalidate the state that use military aggression against the population. And the Guardia Civil is a military body, by the way. Therefore, Spain can be judged by the TUE.

The people that vote today was united and with courage tried to stop the police aggression that were inhuman. The National Police tried to stop a referendum that the Spanish government declared as “illegal” with police’s responsibility, using nightsticks and rubber balls that are illegal in Catalonia. Meaning that Spain tried to stop the vote with illegal weapons.

Until today I didn’t consider myself an independentist but now Spain has disappoint me a lot. Today, Catalonia got the independence. Today, Spain lost Catalonia by its acts.