again imposing direct rule. and that would be the first time that the country has done so. so, what exactly that would entail remains a question of uncertainty at this point. catalonian president carlos has been in meetings with his party and cabinet both yesterday and today. last week he said that he would declare catalonia independence but ended up giving symbolic rather than unilateral declaration for his speech. we were there for that thousands of people gathered. he said at one point we are a republic but then said we want more discussions and the crowd at first went yeah and then the fervour kind of dropped and then everybody kind of went okay. today though in a letter to the spanish government, he maintained that spain could formally declare independence if ar ra ohio andad its government oppression of the catalonian people. therefore back and forth