Strong criticisms from the far-right against the Spanish government for having allowed the "illegal" event launching the 'yes' campaign for the 1st October referendum to go ahead in the Tarraco Arena, Tarragona, yesterday, Mariano Rajoy's government having only sent a warning. The event, attended by at least 8,000 people, was headed by Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and vice-president Oriol Junqueras.
Madrid media outlets and well-known journalists on Twitter have strongly attacked the event, but also the "inaction" of the central government towards it.
Among them, Isabel San Sebastián:
Primer mitin por el referendum ilegal en Cataluña. La diputación de Tarragona se fuma un puro con la prohibición del TC. Y NO PASA NADA.
— Isabel San Sebastián (@isanseba) 14 of September 2017
Translation: First meeting for the illegal referendum in Catalonia. The Tarragona government is smoking a joint with the Constitutional Court's ban. AND NOTHING HAPPENS.
More critical of Rajoy was the spokesperson for Libres e Iguales (Free and Equal), Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo:
El Gobierno: "Tenemos previstos todos los escenarios".
— St. Alvarez de Toledo (@cayetanaAT) 14 of September 2017
Todos, excepto el escenario del mitin ilegal de Puigdemont y Junqueras. https://t.co/0Qh2Zv6yH2
The government: "We've anticipated all scenarios". // All, except the scenario of the illegal meeting of Puigdemont and Junqueras.
Meanwhile, journalist for Spanish newspaper ABC, Hermann Tertsch, tweeted:
En todos los países europeos sin excepción Puigdemont, Junqueras y demás estarían en la cárcel desde hace tiempo. Por lógica. Sin discusión. — Hermann Tertsch (@hermanntertsch) 14 of September 2017
All all European countries, without exception, Puigdemont, Junqueras and the others would have been in prison for ages. Logically. No question.