The 3rd of October the King of Spain (Felipe VI) made a public speech to Spain. In Catalonia some expected that the King may open a new door to find an agreed solution, promoting the dialogue between Spanish and Catalan governments.
But it was not the case and the King took a clear position to defend the Spanish Government position and recent acts to stop the Referendum.
The Guardian said: "Spanish monarch uses strongly worded television address to chastise Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, for attempting to break the ‘unity of Spain’"
The king made no mention of the violence that marred the referendum when Spanish police officers raided polling stations, beat would-be voters and fired rubber bullets at crowds. Instead, he focused on the actions of the government of the Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont.
Some of the sentences:
“They have tried to break the unity of Spain and its national sovereignty, which is the right of all Spaniards to democratically decide their lives together,”
“Given all that – and faced with this extremely grave situation, which requires the firm commitment of all to the common interest – it is the responsibility of the legitimate state powers to ensure constitutional order and the normal functioning of the institution, the validity of the rule of law and the self-government of Catalonia, based on the constitution and its statute of autonomy.”
“I tell them (to the Catalans non-independentists): they are not alone, nor will they be. They have all the support and solidarity of the rest of the Spaniards, and the absolute guarantee of our rule of law in defending their liberty and rights."
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