Spain's Rajoy: Measures to impose direct rule on Catalonia will be announced tomorrow

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that the measures to impose a direct rule on Catalonia would be announced tomorrow, as reported by LiveSquawk. Earlier today, El Confidencial, a Spanish digital-newspaper, claimed that the Spanish government was planning to replace the Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and call for an election in the region in three months.

Spanish government to call election in Catalonia in late Jan/early Feb - El Confidencial