AFP | Monday December 22, 2014 | 10:39 hrs
Barcelona The Superior Court of Catalonia (TSJC) he has admitted this Monday complaints of disobedience against the Catalan regional president, Artur Mas, for organizing the November 9 a symbolic consultation on the independence of this region.
“The room full civil and criminal TSJC agreed by majority nevertheless admit all allegations and complaints for alleged disobedience to the decision of the Constitutional Court “, which had suspended such consultation, the court said in a statement.
The complaints admitted are directed against But the vice president of the regional government and the Minister Joana Ortega (regional minister) of education, Irene Rigau.
“There are some complaints that I personally do not understand, someone takes you to court for putting the polls and because people can vote is one thing that is not understood, “said Mas Monday, before knowing the ruling.
” But well, anyway this is reality and I respect fully the decisions of judicial areas, “he added.
After learning of the court decision, Anna Simó, spokesman for the independence left-wing party, ERC, which supported the query, expressed his” full support right now that are not easy “to Mas.
The six judges of the Chamber, who have debated for four hours, decided that the seven complaints and twenty complaints against him and his team are grouped into one, which is the oldest of them presented by this case.
Among the complaints is that present the general former prosecutor ordered state, Eduardo Torres-Dulce, following a tax dispute with the Catalans who saw material for the same.
The differences of opinions on the case between Torres-Dulce and the central government also ended, according to the former prosecutor general setting, to bridge their patience, leading him to resign on Thursday.
– Disobedience –
The prosecution finally presented to the TSJC a criminal complaint on charges of “disobedience, trespass, misappropriation of public funds and usurpation of functions”
But Ortega and Rigau will be investigated for alleged disobedience to the Constitutional Court, which on November 4 suspended holding a token consultation on the independence of Catalonia, introducing the Spanish conservative government of Mariano Rajoy an appeal against the same.
The Catalan regional government in the hands of the nationalists CiU, decided to convene this symbolic query after the High Court had already proceeded on September 29, also at the request of central executive, to stop a Official referendum held two days earlier.
The Spanish conservative government argued that, under the Constitution, only the state has the power to hold referendums.
A total of 2 million 344 thousand 828 people participated in the controversial vote no legal value, no census or oversight committee, of which almost 1.9 million people voted for independence, according to some final results announced on December 1 by the regional government after counting the votes issued between 9 and 25 November
The Catalan regional government called to respond to a double question referendum scheduled for official and remained in the symbolic query. “Does that Catalonia is a State ? And if so, do I want this state to be independent? “.
The results of the consultation were considered” complete success “by Mas, while for Rajoy he was a” failure “, since that only one in three people in the 6.3 million Catalans eligible to vote went to the polls.
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