Rajoy said that removal of the Catalan consultation is an ‘excellent … – El País.com (Spain)

Rajoy said that removal of the Catalan consultation is an 'excellent … – El País.com (Spain)

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Rajoy, in Madrid this morning. / ULY MARTIN | VIDEO: ATLAS

Only half an hour before he spoke Artur Mas, Mariano Rajoy was congratulating the “good news” that the sovereignty referendum would not be held. The Executive has virtually no dialogue with the environment Mas and did not know what was going to announce aa. Therefore, the first reaction was bewilderment. The government was dislodged before an exit that nobody fully understand technically a sort of official announcement without consultation or warranties.

Exceeded the first impact, and after a technical analysis by the State Bar and advisers of a government composed mostly of lawyers, came the official reaction. Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, the vice president, called it “occurrence” and announced that the government would study in depth how challenging it. It is not easy, explained government sources because Mas has already announced its intention not to sign any decree to avoid a resource. But these same sources acknowledge that it is very difficult to organize something like what you want But without official documentation, no instructions to officials, no papers.

Rafael Catala, the new Minister of Justice, responsible for most of the strategy Legal Executive and near Sáenz de Santamaría person, showed that surprise with some sarcasm: “No legal acts, regulations issued by the Government to articulate the process, I do not know what we would be present; would be a purely social, non-political, non-institutional, non-legal activity “

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Santamaría” The government already foresaw this new occurrence of Mas “

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The Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, said this afternoon that the Executive will study the possibility of using the new query proposed by the President of the Generalitat, Artur Mas. “When we turn the inquiry, asked the Council of State Title III expressly for that Act Consultations” recalls Santamaría, who also said that “the government already provided this new occurrence of Mas.”

vice has taken issue with the new possibility raises the president of the Generalitat and criticizes his “vagaries and tensions are not unique to a political leader.” From the Executive want to remind Rather than breaking the law is what has led to the current situation Catalonia that say “unsustainable”. “You have to think before making new proposals,” said Santamaria

Catala showed stupor Cabinet. “We have to try to understand what the president intends Government carried out on 9 November because of his appearance have a number of doubts. ” He ministered joked with the idea that what we want to do a survey might look like. “If a survey is what is going to happen, obviously there will be no problem. But do not know if that is what is going to happen, “he concluded

At the moment there has been so many times and its environment Rajoy predicted. Division in the sovereigntist world. Therefore, the Executive and the PP not respond with harsh words and calls for dialogue, which is what made Rajoy. “We can talk about everything,” he said at an event organized by Financial Times.

In any case, the Government, according to several members consulted believes the bottom line is the war between CiU and ERC. But, according to this analysis, trying to save forcing ERC to agree a joint list headed by him, the only way to avoid the drubbing at the polls predict that all surveys. In this context, the Executive, as usual, prefers to wait and see what he does but now.