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From my narrow viewpoint provided by a few news outlets, it seems to me that Spain is handling this wrong at every turn. Good grief, declare the vote invalid/i
by DigitalJack 9y ago
From my narrow viewpoint provided by a few news outlets, it seems to me that Spain is handling this wrong at every turn.
Good grief, declare the vote invalid/ineffective or whatever, but let them vote. Censoring the web, apps, arresting political dissenters, blockading polling places, violent altercations with riot police.
All because people want to vote.
Spain is proving themselves to be a country worthy of seceding from.
- baursak 9y agoMedia coverage has been ... interesting as well. If this was somewhere in Russia or China, I'm pretty sure I would see a lot stronger reactions from the NYT and WaPo crowd.
- throw54672 9y ago> All because people want to vote. No, they voted the very same referendum, but non-binding, in 2014 without problems. But this time they wanted to make it binding despite warnings from the gov that it's illegal as per the Spanish constitution.
- smsm42 9y agoIf it's illegal per Spanish constitution, they can't make it binding. That's like I hold a vote in my house that I won't pay taxes anymore. Not paying taxes is illegal, so the vote result is of no legal consequence, but if police would show up and beat me up for having the vote, that would still be a gross violation of my rights. I think Spanish government shot itself in the foot massively here.