Juan Medina/Reuters Catalonia voted to secede from Spain in September Spain's government decided on Saturday to sack Catalonia's leadership and force a new election New elections will happen within two months MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government decided on Saturday to sack the secessionist leadership of Catalonia and force the region into a new election, saying it had to take these unprecedented steps to prevent Catalan independence. The plan, which still requires the approval of the upper house Senate, seeks to resolve Spain’s worst political crisis in four decades but risks an angry reaction from independence supporters, who plan street protests later in the day. In outlining the cabinet’s decision, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the Catalan economy, which accounts for a fifth of the national economy, was already in worrying shape as a result of the regional government’s push for independence. “We will ask the Senate, with the aim of protecting the general interest of the nation, to authorize the government...