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‘Catalonian citizens won the right to statehood’ – regional president
Catalonia has earned their right to have an independent state, said the head of the regional government Carles Puigdemont. He promised to announce the final results of the poll in the next few days. The referendum went ahead despite a violent pushback from Madrid.
“On this day of hope and suffering, Catalonia's citizens have earned the right to have an independent state in the form of a republic,” Puigdemont, surrounded by members of his government, told Catalans.
The Catalan leader did not announce the final outcome of the plebiscite, but said it will take a couple of days before the results are sent to the Catalan Parliament, “where the sovereignty of our people lies, so that it can act in accordance with the law of the referendum.”
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