Pro-independence movement comparable to ‘dictatorship,’ says PP secretary general

On a day that hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Barcelona in support of pro-independence officials, parties PP and PSOE condemned the movement

Maria Dolores de Cospedal of the People's Party stands next to Spanish president Mariano Rajoy on February 10 2017 (photo courtesy of PP)
Maria Dolores de Cospedal of the People's Party stands next to Spanish president Mariano Rajoy on February 10 2017 (photo courtesy of PP) / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

April 15, 2018 07:07 PM

The secretary-general of Spain’s ruling People’s Party (PP) and minister of defense Maria Dolores de Cospedal, criticized the Catalan independence movement in a speech on April 15. Comparing the movement to a “dictatorship,” Cospedal said that “when some want to surpass the law and be more important than it, democracy ends, and dictatorships begin.” This, on the same day that hundreds of thousands took to the street to decry the incarceration of those officials behind bars or abroad for their role in the independence roadmap in Catalonia.