Yes, the pro-independence parties won an absolute majority of the 135 seats Parliament.
Yes, the fact that 80 per cent of the eligible electorate performed their civic duty by casting their votes, is a true reflection of the great importance the people of Catalunya placed on the elections.
But, no, the outcome of the election does not justify Puigdemont and the pro-independence advocates of Catalunya 'declaring victory.'
They clearly have not won the kind of victory which would give them the 'sacred mandate' to act to take Catalunya out of the union of Spain.
Yes, nobody can or, indeed, should seek to deny them the fact that the results have gone some way towards restoring the damaged credibility of the 'independenistas.'
However, if they fail to do the correct analysis and draw the appropriate conclusion from the results.
Then, they remain at risk of repeating the same mistakes they have made in the past.
By calling and holding an illegal referendum. Neither should they see themselves, again winning an absolute majority of the Catalan Parliamentary seats, as an indication that the majority of Catalans want to become independent.
Since that is clearly not the case, with the 'independenistas' only winning 47.7 per cent of the electorate's votes.
That is certainly not the kind of majority which is, arguably, required to mandate a political party, or, as is the situation in this case, 3 political parties, to take Catalan out of the Spanish Union, and make it into an independent State.
Imagine the harm and resentment which the majority, or, probably, most of the majority of the 52.3 per cent of Catalans who have not specifically voted to secede, would feel?
At being deprived of their Spanish citizenship, and all that that means to them? And, understandably so.
To be continued!
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