The Constitutional Tribunal, the highest court of Spain, unanimously called Illegal Catalan separatist referendum and regional law that protects them.
In a ruling released Wednesday, full of 12 judges of the high court declared unconstitutional the secessionist query Catalan government convened on November 9.
The judgment held that l national sovereignty resides in the whole Spanish people and that any modification made order must be addressed as the channels provided by the constitution and not unilaterally by a regions of the country.
The Court had provisionally suspended this referendum but Catalonia held an informal vote on independence.
In an electoral roll estimated at 6.3 million, about 2.3 million voted. Most of those voters, representing one third of the Catalan electorate did in favor of independence from the rest of Spain.
The Prosecution filed a lawsuit against the regional president of Catalonia, Artur Mas, for shelter a vote expressly prohibited. The case is currently under judicial investigation. If convicted, More faces several years disqualification from holding public office .
The decision of the Constitutional Court was greeted by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who praised the unanimity of judges.
More lamented the sentence and hoped that the Catalan regional elections on September 27 will be interpreted as a plebiscite on independence .
The latest polls, which have always been very even, minimum grant victory to not
(Source: agencies).
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