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| Catalan independence: Spain prosecutor calls for rebellion case | Catalan independence: Spain prosecutor calls for rebellion case |
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| Spain's chief prosecutor has called for charges including rebellion to be laid against Catalan leaders following the region's declaration of independence. | Spain's chief prosecutor has called for charges including rebellion to be laid against Catalan leaders following the region's declaration of independence. |
| José Manuel Maza said the charges should also include sedition and provocation by regional officials. | José Manuel Maza said the charges should also include sedition and provocation by regional officials. |
| Under the Spanish legal system, the request will be considered by a judge. | Under the Spanish legal system, the request will be considered by a judge. |
| It comes as Spain acts to take direct control of Catalonia, including replacing the region's civil servants with Spanish officials. | It comes as Spain acts to take direct control of Catalonia, including replacing the region's civil servants with Spanish officials. |
| Speaking at a press conference, Mr Maza, the attorney-general, also called for Catalonia's leaders to be charged with misuse of funds over the holding of a referendum deemed illegal under the Spanish constitution. | |
| Work appeared to resume normally in Catalonia on Monday despite Catalan officials defying instructions from Madrid not to turn up for work. | |
| Any ministers who arrived at their offices were given hours to leave under threat of "action" by Catalonia's regional police force, Mossos. | |
| On Friday, Madrid stripped Catalonia of its autonomy and removed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont from office after the regional parliament declared independence. | |
| The temporary move to impose direct control by invoking Article 155 of the constitution - a first for Spain - will see as many as 150 of the region's ministers replaced. |