...5.4 million Catalans and resident foreigners aged 16 were eligible to vote in the referendum which was organised by thousands of volunteers after it was not sanctioned by Madrid. There are maquettes of direct democracy sprouting up as secessionist actions with plenty to learn and inform. Note particularly the reaction of the 1% in control who completely dismiss the validity of direct democracy. They are terrified of this. “The government considers this to be a day of political propaganda organised by pro-independence forces and devoid of any kind of democratic validity,” he said in a statement. In fact, its illegal and a crime to self-organize a vote! State prosecutors were continuing to investigate whether Catalan authorities breached court injunctions by opening polling stations in schools and other public buildings to “assess the existence of criminal liability”, he added. this from a country that in Dec. of 2013 passed an Orwellian bill titled the Citizens’ Security Law, which allows for fines of up to 600,000 euros ($816,000) for “unauthorized” street protests, and a 30,000 fine for merely having signs with “offensive” slogans against Spain or for wearing a mask. (libertyblitzkrieg/2013/12/02/war-on-democracy-spain-and-japan-move-to-criminalize-protests/)
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