Rajoy, on the 9-N: “My position has not changed and will change” – The Newspaper

Rajoy, on the 9-N: "My position has not changed and will change" – The Newspaper

Monday, August 25, 2014 – 16.32 h

The Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy , has insisted his appearance before the press by the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel , in which the Catalans will not vote the November 9 . Since Santiago de Compostela , the chief executive said, following the opinion of the Consell de Garanties Estatutàries that supports the Query law , which is not to “get into a legal debate “but he recalled that the national standard validated by five votes to four. In any case, its position is reiterated the usual: “My position has not changed and will not change.” “It is not going to hold any illegal referendum”, has ruled again.

“I maintain the same position I held when I heard through the media that an illegal referendum were called” Rajoy has said, because it would be “worrying”, he added, now change his approach. “Spain is a serious country, the rule of law” has been put forward to then appeal to the Law and Constitution , which invalidate considers the 9- N . “No it can he ask any prime minister of any country in the world to organize an illegal referendum,” he reiterated.

“Laws aside,” he said, “is nonsense what is being proposed “. Again he recalled the sovereignty process is “extremely negative” for both the Catalans, as for the whole of Spain. National sovereignty, recalled, “It is a competition of all Spaniards” and “all Spaniards have the right to review his country.” “Your vote counts as much as mine and as the president of the Generalitat,” he noted.

Words with “very logical”

Meanwhile, Merkel said that is “a matter of internal policy of Spain”, but believes that Rajoy’s words have “very logical” and he “should support”. “I say,” he said, “with reseva a leader of another country” to think about an internal matter.