Mariano Rajoy is expected to sack Carles Puigdemont and impose direct rule over Catalonia from Madrid. We’d like you to tell us how you feel

Spain has given prime minister Mariano Rajoy unprecedented powers to impose direct rule on Catalonia just minutes after the region’s parliament had voted to establish an independent republic.

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Catalan MPs voted for independence by a margin of 70 votes to 10, but Rajoy is now expected to call a cabinet meeting to begin assuming control of the region and the sacking its president, Carles Puigdemont.

Rajoy appealed for calm and said on Twitter “the rule of law will restore legality in Catalonia” but his opponents, including Carlos Carrizosa of the Ciutadans party, described Friday as “a sad day and a blow to democracy”.

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