Catalonia in CRISIS: Army 'READY to intervene over independence' amid fears of CIVIL WAR

Eduardo Inda, director of online news website
OKDiaro.com and a regular on Spanish political and
current affairs programmes, told broadcaster La Sexta
soldiers would be mobilised to protect airports, ports
and nuclear power stations if they came under threat.
Fears of a violent uprising - seen as remote by most
observers despite sensationalist claims Spain could be
on the verge of another civil war - came to nothing
today on the first weekday since the Spanish
government imposed direct rule on Catalonia and
stripped its leading politicians of their powers.
But the calm prevailing in Barcelona and other Catalan
cities didn't stop Mr Inda, an outspoken right-winger
who often gets into shouting matches with fellow
guests on Spanish TV news shows, from referring to
the possibility of the army intervening.
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Referring to Spain's years of dictatorship under
General Francisco Franco, he said: "The army in Spain
unfortunately has some connotations which take us
back forty-odd years so the Spanish government is
going to be especially cautious.
"If the situation remains calm, the army won't be
deployed.
"But if there is the slightest risk that any strategic
installations are going to be taken, such as reservoirs,
ports, airports, nuclear power stations, the army would
be deployed to defend them."
Eduardo Inda is director of online news website
OKDiaro.com
OkDiario.com also claimed in a website report that the
army was ready to intervene if required, illustrating its
report with an archive photo of soldiers patrolling the
streets of Barcelona.
It said: "State forces of law were monitoring electrical
installations, communications networks and transport
infrastructure 24 hours a day in Catalonia on Ministry
of Interior orders, in case they were attacked by
radical groups or anti-establishment separatists before
the October 1 referendum."
This afternoon it emerged sacked Catalan president
Carles Puigdemont and five other members of his
deposed government including the former Catalan
Minister Joaquim Forn had reached Brussels by
travelling by car to the southern French city of
Marseille and then taking a plane to the Belgian
capital.
Some Spanish media are claiming they will ask
Belgium for political asylum.

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