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Spanish PM calls snap elections for April 28
MADRID, Feb 15, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on
Friday called an early general election for April 28, the third in less than
four years, after his draft budget was rejected in parliament over the
Catalan secession crisis.
“Between two options — not doing anything and continuing without a
budget, or… giving Spaniards their say — I choose the second,” Sanchez
told reporters, before announcing the date.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1537 hrs