Sometimes one has to take on responsibilities that weren't those one imagined.
As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved.
I don't believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the irreproachable image of the Catalan independence movement as pacifist.
European values, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of informatio,n and freedom of assembly are being violated by Spain's central government.
