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Spain’s state prosecutor has called for rebellion, sedition and missue of public funds charges to be brought against Catalan’s separatist leaders. Madrid took direct control over Catalonia on Monday.
Attorney-General Jose Manuel Maza called on Monday on the leaders of the Catalan independence movement to be called to testify in court.
Under Spain’s legal system, the request goes to a judge for consideration.
Meanwhile, Catalonia’s parliament cancelled a meeting scheduled for Tuesday following the Spanish government’s takeover of the region, a parliamentary source told the news agency Reuters, confirming the regional legislative had accepted Madrid’s order for it to dissolve.
It remained unclear on Monday if government officials and regional lawmakers who declared Catalan independence on Friday would seek to gain access to their offices and if the Catalan police Mossos d’Esquadra would prevent them.
The region’s ousted president, Carles Puigdemont, on Monday morning posted a photo of a courtyard at the seat of the regional government in central Barcelona, accompanied by the words “Good morning” in Catalan and a smiley emoticon. It remains unclear if he is inside the premises.
A member of the ousted Cabinet has showed up at work later on Monday and posted a photo on social media in his office. Josep Rull’s tweet said: “In the office, exercising the responsibilities entrusted to us by the people of Catalonia.”