The idea of ??separating Catalonia from Spain was supported by 90% of residents who took part in the referendum. This was announced on Monday, October 2, by the official representative of the autonomy's government (government) Jordi Turul. "For the independence voted 2 million 20 thousand. 144 people, or 90%. Against - 176 565 thousand. , or 7.8%. Empty ballots - 45 thousand.

586, or 2%. Another 20 thousand. 129 ballot papers are invalid, "he said.. As the head of the local government Karles Puchdemon commented, the people of Catalonia defended their right to their own opinion. "Citizens of Catalonia have won their right to become an independent country ruled as a republic. They won their right to sovereignty, "RIA Novosti quoted the politician as saying.. However, not all agree with this conclusion. In Madrid, in principle, refused to believe that in Catalonia in the weekend there was a historic moment. "Today there was no referendum on self-determination in Catalonia," said Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Raja on Sunday, October 1. The Spanish authorities actually did everything to prevent the plebiscite from taking place. First, the Constitutional Court of the country declared the holding of a referendum on independence illegal. Then the police was instructed to block polling stations and not let the electorate. The police approached the order responsibly and took control of more than half of the 2,3 thousand.

plots. In addition, the Spanish authorities seized ballot boxes, ballot papers, electoral lists and documents already completed. As it became known to the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange, law enforcement officers seized about 700 thousand. completed ballot papers and were not included in the totals when counting votes. All this led to a very tense situation in Catalonia.

Madrid-directed law enforcement agencies, trying to thwart the referendum, dispersed the crowd with batons, rubber bullets and tear gas. In response, they were flying stones.

As a result, more than 800 victims needed medical assistance, according to the Twitter Ministry of Health autonomy. If not for these circumstances, even more people in Catalonia would come to express their views on independence. In total, 5.3 million voters could take part in the referendum. Despite this, the plebiscite is recognized as having taken place. "The turnout was quite high," said the head of the delegation of international observers, former Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel.