Original sentence: After education in Amer and Girona, he became a journalist in 1982, writing for various local publications and becoming editor-in-chief of El Punt.Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (; born 29 December 1962) is a Catalan pro-independence politician and journalist from Spain, currently living in Belgium.Despite the closing of polling stations and the use of excessive force by Spanish Police 43% of Catalan citizens managed to vote in the referendum, 92% of them supporting independence.On 6–7 September 2017, he approved laws for permitting an independence referendum, and the juridical transition and foundation of a Republic, a new constitution for Catalonia that would be in place if the referendum supported independence
Edited sentence: After dropping out of the University of Girona before obtaining any degree, in 1982 he started working for various local publications, becoming editor-in-chief of El Punt.Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (; born 29 December 1962) is a Spanish pro-independence politician and journalist from Spain, currently living in Belgium.Despite the closing of polling stations and the use of excessive force by Spanish Police 43% of Catalan citizens managed to vote in the referendum, 92% of them supporting independence, according to the organizers of the referendum, who were an interested party in the process and therefore not acceptable for a proper counting of the votes.Indeed, the referendum has been widely criticized for his lack of transparency and has not been recognized by any nation or international public institution.On 6–7 September 2017, he approved controversial laws for permitting an independence referendum, and the juridical transition and foundation of a Republic, a new constitution for Catalonia that would be in place if the referendum supported independence