David Fernández says he knew that the independence referendum was ruled illegal by Spanish courts: “If self-determination is a crime, I declare myself guilty and a repeat offender. And as long as it remains a crime, I’ll continue to disobey until it becomes a democratic right.”
David Fernàndez is an exmember of the Catalan parliament for the hard-line independence party CUP and also a founder of En Peu de Pau, a non-violent civil disobedience movement.