Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Catalan separatists announce separation if they block process of autonomy – El Nuevo Herald

The Catalan independence assured Monday that are willing to go to the unilateral declaration of independence in the event that, after a victory in regional elections, Madrid try to block the process towards the separation of Catalonia from the rest of Spain.

“If in this process, the Spanish State, through legal or political decisions, blocks the ‘self’ of Catalonia, the Catalan government or the Parliament, will proceed with a declaration of independence,” said Raul Romeva, MEP and former head of the list of the pro-independence coalition comprising in particular the conservative Catalan President Artur Mas (CDC) and Oriol Junqueras, ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia, independence).

” He goes for it. We played everything. No turning back. Is serious, “he said at the presentation of the list” Junts paper itself (Together for itself), “held at the Museum of History of Catalunya. Romeva said that “it is aware of the risks” that face this application.

“No we will not easy” but if the state tries to lock ‘self-government’, as there will be a “declaration of independence “. The regional elections are scheduled for next September 27.

For his part, Justice Minister Rafael Catala, in an interview with the conservative daily ABC , did not rule out the possibility a suspension of regional autonomy if the rupture process really begins. “This possibility exists in the Constitution …” he said.

“There will be no independence of Catalonia”, he said last Thursday the president of the Conservative government, Mariano Rajoy.

Catalonia with 7.5 million people representing 20% ​​of the GDP of Spain.

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