Guess the country: Spain and the struggle of Catalonia for freedom

[Skybird]

It is claimed that 42.3% of the Catalunyans eligible to vote, have gone voting. Of these, 90% voted Yes for independance. No information was given on how reliable and trustworthy these numbers are in the light of the massive interference by the Spanish police. - The biggest unions have called for a general strike in support of the independence movement. - 90% sounds like much, much more than I would have expected. If real, one can call it the Rajoy-bonus for sure. And news on the police action spread over the day, possible that many people over the day changed their opinion and voted Yes where before they wanted to vote No. - What's next? Military occupation and martial law? - And what is about the 57% who did not voter: are they desinterested and do not care, did they resignate and thought their vote would not mean anything? Those who do not care, can be ignored, for they indeed do not care. But those who may have voted Yes or No and just were afraid or intimidated, may make the differenc ein the mathemtical legality of the outcome. Because in the end the result means this: no real majority of the Catalunyans voted for independence. By ballots and explicit Yes-votes they have only 38% of those eligible to vote behind their idea of secession. Possible, maybe even likely that the missing 13% would be gotten if the 57% of the people who did not vote, would be asked. But fact is: they did not vote. - The result is unlikely to end the standoff between Barcelona and Madrid. Both sides can interpret it on behalf of their cause. And Madrid is set to ignore it anyway. Certain are just two things: the independence movement in Catalunya is very strong (much more so than I would have imagined), and since yesterday it has become even much stronger. seen that way, the battle yesterday had a very clear winner and a very clear looser. - If those numbers are trustworthy and reliable, one must repeat that.