Spain Will Remove Catalonia Leader, Escalating Secession Crisis<br />Mr. Rajoy did not ask to dissolve the Catalan Parliament, but instead said<br />that the president of the assembly would not be allowed to take any initiative judged to be contrary to Spain’s Constitution for a period of 30 days, including trying to propose another leader to replace Mr. Puigdemont.<br />Mr. Rajoy said the Catalan government had never offered real dialogue<br />but had instead tried to impose its secessionist project on Catalan citizens and the rest of the country in violation of Spain’s Constitution.
