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Big day for Rajoy’s decision on taking over Catalonia

Originally published: El Diario on October 18, 2017 by Manel Fontdevila (more by El Diario) (Posted Oct 21, 2017)

Translation

Rajoy: The idea is: We control the judges and media, we apply the law as we interpret it, we repress those who protest, we ignore those who ask for dialog, and govern Catalunya without elections. And if anything gets through, we’ll apply it all.

Franco: But it will seem like a dictatorship.

Rajoy: Ha ha… No, man, it’s much better: It will seem like a democracy!

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