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Spanish Government Says Call for Catalan Independence Failed

© AFP 2023 / CESAR MANSOA woman with an "Estelada" (Catalan pro-independece flag) tied to her wrist waits for casting her ballot for the regional election at a polling station in Badalona on September 27, 2015
A woman with an Estelada (Catalan pro-independece flag) tied to her wrist waits for casting her ballot for the regional election at a polling station in Badalona on September 27, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Popular Party’s spokesman said that the Spanish government believes that the results of the Catalan elections demonstrate the "failure of the secessionist strategy" of Catalan President Artur Mas.

MADRID (Sputnik) — The Spanish government believes that the results of the Catalan elections demonstrate the "failure of the secessionist strategy" of Catalan President Artur Mas, a spokesman for the ruling Popular Party said.

"The separatist calls have failed because less than 50 percent of the voters supported them," Pablo Casado said Sunday at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Madrid.

He added that local pro-independence forces “do not have a majority to continue a ruinous [secessionist] process for citizens."

"The government will continue to ensure the unity, harmony and coexistence among Spaniards," Casado stressed, adding that "nothing will change in Catalonia" after the election.

With 99.2 percent of votes counted, the pro-independence Junts pel Si (Together for Yes) coalition promoted by Catalan President Artur Mas and his allies from the radical left-wing Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party secured absolute majority in the Catalan parliament.

Catalan pro-independence supporters hold a giant estelada (Catalan separatist flag) during a demonstration called Via Lliure a la Republica Catalana (Way of Freedom for the Republic of Catalonia) on the Diada de Catalunya (Catalunya's National Day) in Barcelona, Spain, September 11, 2015. - Sputnik International
Pro-Independence Parties Win Absolute Majority in Catalan Election
The pro-independence coalition and CUP secured 62 and 10 seats correspondingly in the 135-strong Catalan parliament as the result of the regional election on Sunday.

However, the share of votes obtained by the two main pro-independence forces is less impressive — 39.62 percent and 8.21 percent of voters supported Junts pel Si and CUP correspondingly.

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