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National Day Demonstration
Massive demonstration in the center of Barcelona on the occasion of the National Day of Catalonia. Under the slogan “Catalonia, new state of Europe”, 1.5 million people, according to the Guàrdia Urbana, take to the streets in a peaceful and uneventful way.
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Agreement for the National Transition of Catalonia
Artur Mas (then president of the Generalitat and leader of the Convergència i Unió party) and Oriol Junqueras (leader of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya party) sign the Agreement for the National Transition of Catalonia.
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Sovereignty Declaration (Resolution 5 / X)
The Catalan Parliament approves the Sovereignty Declaration (Resolution 5 / X).
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White Book of the National Transition of Catalonia
Between July 2013 and July 2014, the Advisory Council for the National Transition prepares and delivers 18 reports to the Generalitat that together became the White Book of the National Transition of Catalonia
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National Day Demonstration
A human chain goes along 400 km from the north to the south of the Catalan territory under the slogan “Catalan way towards independence” during the demonstration on the occasion of the National Day of Catalonia
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National Day Demonstration
1.8 million people took the streets in a massive demonstration under the slogan “V” (we will vote) during the celebration of the National Day of Catalonia.
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Catalan Law 10/2014 of popular consultations
The Parliament of Catalonia approves the Catalan Law 10/2014 of popular non-referendum consultations and other forms of citizen participation.
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Popular Consultation called
The Government of the Generalitat promulgates the Decree of the Department of the Presidency of the Generalitat of Catalonia 129/2014 on the popular non-referendum consultation on the political future of Catalonia.
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Law and Decree on the consultation are suspended
Both Law and Decree on the popular consultation are challenged before the Constitutional Court and provisionally suspended.
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Popular Consultation 9-N
Popular consultation of the citizens of Catalonia with two very specific questions:
- Do you want Catalonia to be a State?
- If so, do you want Catalonia to be an independent State?
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National Day Demonstration
Massive demonstration in Barcelona with over 1.4 million people according to the Guàrdia Urbana under the slogan “Free way towards the Catalan Republic”.
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Plebiscitary elections
In case of a victory of the Yes, it is stated that the Catalan Republic will be declared within 18 months. Finally the parties in favour of independence win.
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Resolution 1/X is approved
Resolution 1 / X is approved in the Parliament of Catalonia, which marks the beginning of the process of creation of the Catalan Republic.
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Resolution 1/X is challenged
Resolution 1/X is challenged and the Constitutional Court declares it inconstitutional, null and void.
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Resolution 5/XI is approved
Parliament approves Resolution 5 / XI for the creation of a Study Group of the so-called “Constituent Process”.
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Conclusions of the Study Group
Parliament takes to the Plenary the conclusions of the Study Group, puts them to the vote and they are approved giving rise to Resolution 263 / XI.
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Resolution 263/XI is suspended
The Constitutional Courts suspends Resolutions 263/XI.
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Catalan National Day
Over 800,000 people demonstrate under the motto “A punt” (Ready) in five different locations in the Catalan territory during the National Day of Catalonia.
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Resolution 306/XI
The Parliament admits two proposals:
1. A referendum on independence
2. Start a constituent process
Both are approved in the form of Resolution 306/XI.
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The Constitutional Court annuls Resolution 306/XI
The Constitutional Court annuls Resolution 306 / XI of the Parliament of Catalonia which contemplates the holding of a referendum in 2017 and agrees to send to the Prosecutor’s Office the actions of the President of the Parliament and 4 members of the Bureau.
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The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against members of the Mesa del Parlament for a crime of disobedience
The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against Carme Forcadell, Lluís Corominas, Anna Simó y Ramona Barrufet for disobedience due to the Resolution 306/XI on the referendum.
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The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against the Regional Minister for Governance for a crime of disobedience, malfeasance and embezzlement of public funds
The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against the Regional Minister for Governance, Meritxell Borràs, and the secretary general of the Department of Governance, Francesc Esteve, for a crime of disobedience, malfeasance and embezzlement of public funds, due to the purchase of ballot boxes for the elections to the Parliament.
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Parliament passes the Law of the Referendum by absolute majority
The parliamentary groups of JxSí and the CUP approve by absolute majority the Law 19/2017 of the referendum on self-determination.
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The Constitutional Court provisionally suspends the Law 19/2017 and the Decree to convene the referendum
The Constitutional Court agrees to personally notify the resolution to the President of the Generalitat and the members of the Government, as well as to the members of the Bureau of the Parliament and other positions of the Parliament, with the warning “of the duty to prevent or paralyze any initiative that involves ignoring or avoiding the agreed suspension”.
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Law 20/2017, of 8 September, on the Legal and Foundational Transition of the Republic
Parliament approves Law 20/2017, of 8 September, on the Legal and Foundational Transition of the Republic, with the favourable votes of Junts pel Sí and CUP, votes against from Catalonia Sí que Es Pot and in the absence of the deputies of Ciutadans, PSC and PP.
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National Day
Almost 1 million people according to Guardia Urbana take part in the National Day demonstration
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The Constitutional Court provisionally suspends the Law on the Legal and Foundational Transition of the Republic
The Constitutional Court agrees to personally notify the resolution to the President of the Generalitat and the members of the Government, members of the Bureau of the Parliament and other positions of the Parliament, as well as members of the Electoral Syndicate of Catalonia, with the warning “of the duty to prevent or paralyze any initiative that involves ignoring or avoiding the agreed suspension”.
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Prohibition of an Event
The Contentious Administrative Court number 3 of Madrid prohibits an act on the right to decide of the people of Catalonia, organized by the group “Madrileños for the Right to Decide”.
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The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against the President of the Parliament and members of the Bureau
The Prosecutor’s Office files a new complaint for disobedience to the authority and prevarication against the President of the Parliament, Carme Forcadell, and the members of the Bureau of the Parliament Anna Simó, Ramona Barrufet, Joan Josep Nuet and Lluís Guinó. A complaint that was admitted in the TSJC and that was accumulated to the two cases related to the breach of the decisions of the Constitutional Court on the referendum. These procedures have been referred to the Supreme Court to unite them to the special case 20907/2017.
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The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against the Government of the Generalitat
The Superior Prosecutor of Catalonia presents a complaint against President Carles Puigdemont and the members of the Executive Council for the call of the October 1 referendum. They will be investigated for disobedience, prevarication and embezzlement of public funds. This complaint is admitted the same day and it is accumulated to the open complaint against Meritxell Borràs and Francesc Esteve.
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Investigation of 712 mayors of Catalonia
The General Prosecutor orders the 4 Prosecutor’s Offices of Catalonia (Girona, Tarragona, Lleida and Barcelona) to investigate 712 mayors for a crime of disobedience for having signed the decree supporting the referendum. Six days later the appearances begin, during which some of the mayors refuse to declare.
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Prohibition of an event
Spanish police ban an event in Valencia in front of media in a public space by representatives of the Catalan political party CUP
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The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against the President of AMI and the President of ACM
The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint for the crimes of disobedience, embezzlement of public funds and prevarication against the President of the Association of Municipalities for Independence, Neus Lloveras, and against the President of the Catalan Association of Municipalities, Miquel Buch. The High Court of Justice of Catalonia admits the complaint without interim measures.
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The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against the members of the Electoral Syndicature
The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint against the five members of the Electoral Syndicate for crimes of disobedience, usurpation of functions and embezzlement of public funds. In order to avoid a fine of 12,000 euros a day for each one, the Catalan Government decide to dissolve this body.
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Prohibition of an event
The local government of Gijón revokes the authorization initially granted to the organizers and prohibits a debate titled “Catalonia: from the transition to the referendum”.
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Prohibition of an event
The City Council of Santa Coloma de Gramenet bans an event titled “Democracy” organised by association Òmnium Cultural.
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Prohibition of an event
Local police of Vitoria suspends a debate on the referendum by court order.
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Prohibition of an event
Spanish National Police, at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, bans an event of CUP in Aldabe (Basque Country) where Anna Gabriel, former member of Parliament of CUP, was going to participate. The police break into the room during the event and the Anna Gabriel is identified.
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Closure of web pages
Guardia Civil closes the website garantías.cat, which was promoted by the coalition of political parties Junts pel Sí and revealed after the Law on the Referendum was made public. The order also asked to identify the media that had put institutional advertising / propaganda on the referendum.
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Injunction from TSJC to some media
TSJC injunction to some media not to publish institutional announcements of the referendum. Plainclothes officers deliver injunctions to digital media Nació Digital, Punt Avui, Racó Català, Vilaweb and El Nacional, warning directors that t “they would incur in criminal liability in case of dissemination”. Núria Llorach (CCMA), Xavier Xirgu (El Punt Avui) and Joan Puig (directe.cat) had to give evidence before Guardia Civil.
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The Constitutional Court agrees to impose penalty payments on the members of the Electoral Syndicate of Catalonia
The Constitutional Court agrees to impose penalty payments of between 12,000 and 6,000 euros on each of the members of the Electoral Syndicate of Catalonia, giving them 48 hours to cease office.
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20-S
The arrest of fourteen senior officials and technical staff of the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia, by order of the Court number 13 of Barcelona in relation to the so-called “Operation Anubis”, creates numerous concentrations in many localities of Catalonia. The most important one, in Barcelona, congregates around 40,000 demonstrators, who are concentrated in front of the headquarters of the Department of Economy. These arrests are ordered within a particular case followed against Senator of ERC, Santiago Vidal, for statements he made in relation to the steps that the Government of Catalonia was following for the preparation of the referendum.
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Prohibition of an event
The Diputación de Zaragoza prohibits a public event entitled “State Assembly of parliamentarians and mayors for freedom of expression, fraternity and dialogue”.
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The Prosecutor’s Office denounces Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sánchez for sedition for the events of 20-S
Due to the concentration in Barcelona on September 20, the Prosecutor Office field a complaint (without police evidence) in front of the National Court against an indeterminate number of demonstrators and against the heads of private entities Òmnium Cultural (Jordi Cuixart) and Assemblea Nacional Catalana (Jordi Sànchez) for a possible crime of sedition.
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Closure of web pages
Guardia Civil intervene the web of assemblea.cat, without prior notification, and the web of Òmnium Cultural called “Crida per la democràcia”. They also close prepartit.cat, webdelsi.cat, Alerta Solidària’s website and vullvotar.cat.
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Closure of web pages
The Civil Guard blocks the websites of CUP, Òmnium, ANC and Empaperem. In addition, more than 140 websites and dozens of applications are closed. Access to websites abroad is blocked by coercion of private Internet providers. Several individuals are investigated by the Spanish police with house searches and subsequently prosecuted for cloning referendum websites.
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The National court accepts competence
The National Court accepts the competence to hear the proceedings in relation to the events that took place on 20 and 21 September.
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The Civil Guard seize material for the referendum
The Civil Guard seize 2.5 million ballots and 4 million envelopes from a warehouse in Igualada. 100 ballot boxes are also located and thought they were to be used for the referendum, but turned out to be not for that use.
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Deployment of the State Security Forces and Bodies
The Spanish Government deploys during 30 September, 1 and 2 October, a total of 6,000 police and civil guard in Catalonia for the referendum.
A deployment that cost 87 million euros according to Interior Minister, Juan Ignacio Zoido.
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Referendum 1-O
Census: 5,313,564; 2,315 polling stations. Votes during the day: 2,286,217 (votes in closed polling stations: 770,000); Yes: 2,044,038 (90.18%); No: 177,547 (7.83%); Blank votes: 44,913 (1.98%).
Mossos d’Esquadra close 160 polling stations and there is no record of people injured in the framework of their actions. The National Police and the Civil Guard do around 115 interventions, with police charges in over 80 polling stations in Catalonia and the closure of 90 of those. As a consequence of their use of force (with use of rubber bullets and tear gas), 991 people were injured and assisted in health centers on 1 October and 75 during the following four days, according to the Catalan Health Service.
Legal proceedings are initiated for the investigation of charges in different Courts of Catalonia. However, Congress refuses to investigate the police action (with the votes of PP, PSOE and C’s), and the ongoing investigations in the Catalan Parliament are closed due to the subsequent application of article 155.
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King Felipe VI delivers a televised speech
King Felipe VI delivers a televised speech in relation to the situation experienced in Catalonia after the referendum of 1-O
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General strike
There are concentrations and demonstrations throughout Catalonia
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Appearance and declaration on independence
The President in public appearance assumes “the mandate of the people” after the victory of the Yes in the referendum but proposes to suspend its effects to dialogue and find a solution.
The 72 pro-independence members of Parliament sign the declaration on independence.
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Pre-trial detention for Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sánchez is ordered
Pre-trial detention, communicated and without bail, for Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sánchez is ordered for sedition. For the Head of Mossos d’Esquadra, Josep Lluís Trapero and Intendent of Mossos, Teresa Laplana, it is ordered provisional release without bail with personal interim measures.
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The Spanish Government applies article 155 CE
The Spanish Government applies article 155 CE (suspension of the autonomy of Catalonia, dismissal of the President and the Government, dissolution of the Parliament and call for elections on 21 December). Senate Agreement of 21 October 2017 approving the measures required by the Government, under article 155 of the Constitution.
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Complaints filed against the President of Parliament, the Bureau of the Parliament and the Government of the Generalitat
General State Prosecutor files two different complaints. One against the President of the Parliament, Carme Forcadell, and the members of the Parliamentary Bureau for rebellion, sedition and embezzlement of public funds befire the Supreme Court. And the other complaint is filed against the Government for rebellion, sedition and embezzlement of public funds before the National High Court.
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Unconditional prison without bail for Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Raül Romeva, Joaquim Forn, Dolors Bassa, Meritxell Borràs and Carles Mundó
The former regional minister Santi Vila avoids prison by posting bail of 50,000 euros.
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Submission of indictments before the Supreme Court
The Prosecutor’s Office, the Solicitor General of the State and VOX submit the indictments.
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Òmnium and Assemblea Nacional Catalana make a call to “stop the country”
General strike organized by the Intersindical-CSC
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Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Raül Romeva, Carles Mundó, Dolors Bassa and Meritxell Borràs are released
Pre-trial detention is confirmed for Oriol Junqueras, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sánchez.
The Supreme Court also investigates Artur Mas, Marta Pascal, Marta Rovira, Mireia Boya, Anna Gabriel and Neus Lloveras.
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Demonstration
Massive demonstration in Brussels to demand the freedom of the prisoners and the return of the people in exile
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Celebration of regional elections under article 155 CE
The political forces in favour of the independence of Catalonia revalidate the absolute majority, increasing the number of voters.
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Communication to WGAD
Jordi Cuixart, Jordi Sànchez and Oriol Junqueras send a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions of the United Nations (WGAD) to investigate their case and confirm if their detention has been arbitrary.
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Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
In the annual report, the High Commissioner of the UN states: “In Spain I was shocked by the violence that erupted during the independence referendum in Catalonia. Taking into account what appeared to be an excessive use of force by the police, the characterization by the Spanish Government of the police action as “legal, legitimate and necessary” is questionable. I remind to the Spanish authorities that preventive detention should be considered a measure of last resort. I encourage you to resolve this situation through political dialogue”
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The investigating judge decrees the re-entry in prison of Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Raül Romeva, Carme Forcadell and Dolors Bassa
This decision is taken when the second investiture vote of Jordi Turull was still to be held for the Presidency of the Generalitat
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The National Court prosecutes Josep Lluís Trapero for sedition and criminal organization for 20-S and 1-O. To Pere Soler, former director of the Mossos de Esquadra and Cèsar Puig, former secretary general of the Department of Interior for criminal organization and a crime of sedition due to the 1-O referendum. And to Teresa Laplana for sedition for the protests of 20-S.
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The Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) releases Carles Puigdemont under precautionary measures after rejecting the crime of rebellion
The Belgian judge releases Toni Comín, Meritxell Serret and Lluís Puig without bail while the European arrest warrant is decided.
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Prisoners are transferred to Catalan prisons
Oriol Junqueras, Josep Rull, Jordi Turull, Raül Romeva, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez are transferred to the Penitentiary Center of Lledoners. Dolors Bassa and Carme Forcadell to the Penitentiary Center of Puig de les Basses (Figueres, Girona). Forcadell is then transferred to the Penitentiary Center of Mas d’Enric (Tarragona)
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Suspension of the MPs prosecuted for rebellion
Pablo Llarena suspends the MPs prosecuted for rebellion (Carles Puigdemont, Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Josep Rull, Jordi Turull and Jordi Sànchez), using an interpretation contrary to the Judgements of the Constitutional Court 199/1987 y 71/1994 on the scope of article 384 bis of the Criminal Procedure Act.
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Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Turull begin a hunger strike
An action to denounce that their appeals for violation of fundamental rights have been blocked before the Constitutional Court for more than a year, which makes access to the ECHR impossible.
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Josep Rull and Joaquim Forn begin a hunger strike
An action to denounce that their appeals for violation of fundamental rights have been blocked before the Constitutional Court for more than a year, which makes access to the ECHR impossible.
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The Constitutional Court admits appeals
The Constitutional Court admits the appeals for protection of Jordi Cuixart, Joaquim Forn, Josep Rull, Jordi Turull, Jordi Sànchez, Dolors Bassa and Carme Forcadell against the sentence 459/2019
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