Isabel Celáa: “Triggering Article 155 now would go against the Constitution”Your browser does not support the video element<p>The Spanish government has dismissed a <a href="../../../../../politics/item/spanish-region-s-call-for-direct-rule-in-catalonia-roundly-rejected" target="_blank">motion passed by the regional parliament of Extremadura on Friday</a> calling for the application of Article 155 to impose direct rule on Catalonia: "Triggering Article 155 now would go against the Spanish constitution. It would be a usurpation of Catalonia’s self-rule," said the government spokesperson, Isabel Celáa. "Nobody who has really thought about it would call for the application of Article 155 under the current circumstances."</p> / ACNshareACNFirst published: January 18, 2019 05:37 PM