⁍ Three separatist parties voted in favor of the motion which criticized the decision of Juan Carlos to go into exile.

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⁍ The separatists do not recognize King Felipe VI, the serving monarch.

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⁍ The proposal ‘Catalonia is a republic and does not want a king’ was passed by 69 votes in favor and 65 against.

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– Spain’s former King Juan Carlos is believed to be holed up in Portugal, the Dominican Republic, and the United Arab Emirates after abruptly leaving the country earlier this week. The 82-year-old has not been officially confirmed as having left the country, but Spanish media have reported that he is in the Dominican Republic, Abu Dhabi, and Portugal, per the AP. His whereabouts have not been officially confirmed by the Spanish royal palace, which on Monday published a letter from Juan Carlos in which he said he was leaving the country because his son, King Felipe VI, would not be troubled by the corruption scandals swirling around him. The Guardian reports that Spanish media are speculating that Juan Carlos may be seeking asylum in the United Arab Emirates. Catalonia’s regional parliament on Friday passed a non-binding motion condemning the monarchy after three separatist parties, which hold a majority of seats, voted in favor of the motion, which criticized the decision of Juan Carlos to go into exile. The separatists do not recognize King Felipe VI, the serving monarch. The proposal “Catalonia is a republic and does not want a king” was passed by 69 votes in favor and 65 against. Spain’s royal palace said four days ago that the former monarch had decided to leave the country. His whereabouts have yet to be officially confirmed. “Neither Spaniards nor Catalans deserve such a loud and ridiculous scandal on an international scale,” Catalan leader Quim Torra told the regional parliament in a special session, per Reuters.