Of the 135-seat chamber, 70 voted in favor for a motion declaring independence. Ten voted against and two abstained from the major. The rest of the 135 members had left the Senate chambers in protest the motion overall. The motion itself was to call to transfer any legal powers from Spain to be bestowed upon the new Republic of Catalonia.
In response to this unilateral declaration of independence, Rajoy has called for new regional elections in Catalonia. At the same time, he dismissed the entire Catalan administration in the wake of the vote, with the central government taking control of the regional government directly until the regional elections are conducted in December.
As of this moment, every major nation has come out in favor for the preservation of Spain’s Constitution (as marked in the red), effectively ignoring the UDI conducted by the Catalan Senate.
