Sacked Catalan president calls for ‘democratic opposition’ to Madrid takeover

Sacked Catalan president Carles Puigdemont called Saturday for “democratic opposition” to Madrid’s takeover of the region following Catalonia’s unilateral declaration of independence a day earlier. “It’s very clear that the best form of defending the gains made up until now is democratic opposition to Article 155,” Puigdemont said in a brief televised statement. Article 155 of…