SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION -- Madrid Takes Catalan Parliament Resolution on Secession to Constitutional Court
Madrid Takes Catalan Parliament Resolution on Secession to Constitutional Court
Acting Spanish Deputy
Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria stated that the Spanish
Government demands to invalidate the Catalan Parliament resolution from
July 27 to continue the process of Catalonia's secession from Madrid.
MADRID
(Sputnik) — The Spanish Government filed a lawsuit to the
Constitutional Court in connection with the recent resolution adopted
by the Parliament of Catalonia to continue the process of secession
from Madrid, acting Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de
Santamaria said Friday.
On Wednesday, the Catalan parliament supported the conclusions of a
parliamentary commission created to study the process of secession. The
conclusions included the points of secession's terms and a referendum
on a new regional constitution. Later that day, de Santamaria announced
that the Spanish government will file a lawsuit to the constitutional
court. Earlier on Friday, the Spanish government's meeting took place
in Madrid and has reached a decision to proceed with the lawsuit to the
Constitutional Court, agreeing on the suit's text.
"We demand to invalidate the [Catalan
Parliament] resolution from July 27, since it is contrary to a previous
decision of the Constitutional Court. We demand its immediate
suspension," de Santamaria told reporters after the government's
meeting.
Catalonia
has long sought independence from Spain, but the Spanish government has
repeatedly declined the region’s quest for independence, saying it
would violate the country’s constitution.
On November 9, the Parliament of Catalonia passed a resolution
to begin the process of seceding from Spain. The initiative was backed
by 72 votes in the 135-seat parliament.
