Urgent: Catalan president asks regional parliament to meet, debate "attacks" by Spanish central gov't

BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The President of the Catalan regional government, Carles Puigdemont, said on Saturday he called on the Catalan parliament to meet and discuss the measures announced by the Spanish central government.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced a few hours earlier that under the application of the article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, the government of Catalonia would be dissolved and elections would be held within six months. Enditem