By Joe Gerrard • Published: 18 Jun 2019 • 12:00
A COUNCIL in Cataluña has taken down the Spanish flag flying on its town hall after an administration which includes pro-independence parties took power on Saturday.
Footage posted to social media showed the Spanish flag being taken off Altafulla Town Hall in Tarragona Province. It was replaced with a flag bearing the town’s crest.
@ERCAltafulla fenya feta! pic.twitter.com/tIkxlJbXg4 — Jordi Andreu Giner (@jordi_andginer) 15 June 2019
@ERCAltafulla fenya feta! pic.twitter.com/tIkxlJbXg4
— Jordi Andreu Giner (@jordi_andginer) 15 June 2019
The pro-independence Esquerra Republicana de Cataluyna (ERC) now governs in the town alongside the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) and the locally-focused Ara Altafulla.
El #GovernRepublicàiDelCanvi ja ha començat! Moltes gràcies a tots i totes! pic.twitter.com/HRN0XvDgQB — ERC Altafulla L’EINA (@ERCAltafulla) 15 June 2019
El #GovernRepublicàiDelCanvi ja ha començat! Moltes gràcies a tots i totes! pic.twitter.com/HRN0XvDgQB
— ERC Altafulla L’EINA (@ERCAltafulla) 15 June 2019
The local ERC posted pictures to Twitter which also showed a yellow ribbon and a poster with the words: ‘Free political prisoners’ have been put up on the town hall.
The yellow ribbon is a symbol of the Catalan independence movement and the sign refers to the 12 politicians and activists detained in connection with the 2017 secession push.
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