2 Aug, 2016 @ 10:57
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Spain blocks Catalonia’s independence roadmap after ‘illegal’ vote

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48 HOURS TO GO?: Catalans would secede within two days of Yes vote

catalunya-elections-27s-2015SPAIN’S constitutional court has suspended Catalonia’s pro-independence roadmap.

The region’s parliament had defied the court by debating the roadmap and announcing a vote to consolidate the move towards sovereignty, which saw a 72 – 11 victory for breaking from Spain.

Magistrates have accepted an appeal by the Spanish government which claimed that Catalonia’s Committee to Study the Constitutive Process – the group responsible for designing the strategy towards independence – violated the Spanish constitution when it allowed parliament to vote on the roadmap.

The Catalan Chamber has until August 21 to relay the court’s decision to its members and present any appeals.

The roadmap reads that the ‘only way possible’ for Catalans to be able to decide their future is to ‘disconnect’ from Spain and disobey its institutions.

Madrid is now considering taking legal action against Catalan’s parliament speaker Carme Forcadell, who may have broken the law by attempting to push forward independence plans.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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1 Comment

  1. Viva Catalunya,
    what can the pero castillanos do, send in the army, no more Adolph or Benito to back them up. You’ll see how fast the new International Brigades will form from ex military men from all over.

    Then the Euskadi will do the same. The Spanish rump will collapse into poverty – interesting times lie ahead.

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