Spanish Government: “Artur Mas’ secessionist strategy has failed”

Barcelona (CNA).- The Spanish government stated that Catalans didn’t support President Mas’ “secessionist strategy” and “have shown that they are a plural society”. The team of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy considers Artur Mas to have “failed” as he didn’t get “Catalan society’s support” for his “defiance”. Rajoy didn’t appear before the media after the Catalan elections but Spanish government sources have stated that they back Rajoy’s warning, which said that “neither votes nor seats” would legitimate “illegal operations”.

This is how Mariano Rajoy’s team evaluate the 27-S elections, which they considered a failure of Artur Mas’ “secessionist strategy”. Rajoy didn’t appear before the media after the Catalan elections but Spanish government sources have stated that they back Rajoy’s warning, which said that “neither votes nor seats” would legitimate “illegal operations”. Following this, Spanish Government vice president Soraya Sáez de Santamaría assured that the government will “firmly defend” the Constitution, “regardless of the result” of the 27-S elections.

The Conservative People’s Party (PP) didn’t comment on the record participation, which is the highest in the history of the Autonomous Elections.