Declaration of the Initiation of the Process of Independence of Catalonia explained
After pro-independence parties won a majority of seats in the Catalan election on 27 September 2015, the Declaration of the Initiation of the Process of Independence of Catalonia (Catalan; Valencian: Declaració d'inici del procés d'independència de Catalunya) was issued on 9 November 2015. The declaration declares the start of the process to create an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic and proclaims the start of a participative, open, integrating and active citizens' constituent process to lay the foundation for the future Catalan Constitution.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The declaration was passed with 72 votes in favor, 63 against and 0 abstentions in the Parliament of Catalonia.
On 9 June 2017, the Catalan government announced the date of the independence referendum. It was declared illegal on 6 September 2017 and suspended by the Constitutional Court of Spain because it breached the Spanish Constitution of 1978.[5] [6] It was held on 1 October the same year, using a disputed voting process,[7] [8]
Notes and References
- Web site: The Parliament declares the start of the independence process. Catalan News Agency. 9 November 2015. 10 November 2015.
- Web site: Catalonia launches process of separation from Spain. VilaWeb. 9 November 2015. 10 November 2015.
- Web site: Catalonia's parliament votes to begin setting up an independent state. The Telegraph. 9 November 2015. 10 November 2015.
- Web site: In Catalonia, the Independence Process Begins. Stratfor. 9 November 2015. 10 November 2015.
- Web site: Recurso de inconstitucionalidad n.º 4334-2017, contra la Ley del Parlamento de Cataluña 19/2017, de 6 de septiembre, del Referéndum de Autodeterminación.. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. 6 September 2017. 5 October 2017. es.
- News: Catalan Separatists Plot Show of Force in Battle With Madrid. Duarte. Esteban. 11 September 2017. Bloomberg. 13 September 2017. en.
- Web site: Did the referendum comply with basic voting regulations?. 3 October 2017. El País. 5 October 2017 .
- News: What happened with Catalonia's vote for independence -- and what's next. Epatko. Larisa. 4 October 2017. PBS NewsHour. 4 October 2017.
- The Guardian, Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favour of independence, 2 October 2017
- News: The EU Commission just said the Catalan referendum was illegal. 2 October 2017. `[The Independent]]|access-date=4 October 2017}}[8] resulting in a 90% majority of votes favouring independence with a turnout of 42.58%.[9] Subsequently, the European Commission agreed that the referendum was illegal.
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