MADRID – Catalan pro-independence party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) will take part in a snap regional election December 21, it said on Monday, in a tactic admission that the previous ruling party in Catalonia had been fired and parliament dissolved.
“Taking part in December 21 is an opportunity to better consolidate the Republic … They’ve called illegitimate elections, a trap. However, we’re not afraid of the ballot box,” lawmaker Sergi Sabria said during a conference.
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy sacked the regional government, dissolved parliament and called a snap election on Friday after Catalonia leaders made a unilateral declaration of independence.
Some of the region’s leaders had vowed to ignore Rajoy’s ruling and continue working.
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