Lawmakers votes are displayed on an electronic board as they reject a Basque virtual independence plan in Madrid. Lawmakers votes are displayed on an electronic board in the national parliament in Madrid as they reject a plan to give the troubled Basque country virtual independence February 1, 2005. Basque Premier Juan Jose Ibarretxe vowed to press ahead regardless with a referendum on his proposal. Lawmakers defeated by 313 to 29, with two abstentions, Ibarretxe's plan, which has snared the minority Socialist government between regional aspirations for greater autonomy and a hardline opposition intent on defending Madrid's authority. REUTERS/Paul Hanna