MADRID –
The Spanish ministry of the Interior has Saturday the coordination of all activities of the police in Catalonia to pull. The regional Catalan police, the Mossos d ‘ Esquadra, falls on the instruction of the public prosecutor temporarily under the command of the paramilitary Guardia Civil.
The measure applies according to the newspaper La Vanguardia, in each case up to and including October 1, the date on which the regional government of Catalonia by the Spanish court banned a referendum on independence has been held.
The national police has already several senior Catalan officials for the preparation of the prohibited referendum were arrested. Also, ballots, ballot boxes, electoral register and other voting material was seized. In cooperation with the Guardia Civil would the Catalan police “little bet” have shown.
The Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy said Saturday at a meeting of his right-wing Partido Popular that the referendum “will not take place.” The Catalan regional government, however, is meanwhile, simply by with preparations. She took Saturday a new website to the public where and how on October 1, are voted.