Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Rajoy rejects new plans independence of Catalonia – El Universal (Venezuela)

 DPA
 

Tuesday March 31, 2015 11:15 a.m.

Madrid.- The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, rejected on Tuesday route sheet signed Monday by several sovereigntist parties Catalonia which provide state within 18 months the independence of the region if they win the regional elections early September.

Rajoy said that the roadmap is poor in substance and in form for Catalonia (northeast) and Spain. According to the leader of the Popular Party (PP), no government never authorized the breakdown of national sovereignty in Spain, DPA reported.

The main opposition party level national, the PSOE also criticized the new route sheet sovereignty. Socialists believe that “denies the political dialogue” and point that no one can propose independence unilaterally.

The preliminary agreement was signed by Democratic Convergence (CDC), formation of the President of the Catalan government, Artur Mas, and his partner in government, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), plus three other separatist groups.

The signatories state that winning the sovereignist forces regional elections, Catalan draft Constitution drawn up within ten months. This would be submitted to a referendum eight months later and, if approved, the Catalan parliament proclaimed the independence of the region unilaterally in March 2017.

This draft agreement does not include the holding of a referendum self-determination, why was not signed by another sovereigntist formations Esquerra Unida i Alternativa.

In September 2014, Mas signed a decree to convene a independence consultation, which was vetoed after the Spanish Constitutional Court and the Catalan president finished celebrating last November 9 without officers and symbolically.

Two months later, Mas decided to advance the regional elections next September 27, intending to turn these elections into a referendum on independence. That goes to the polls will take place shortly before the general elections, which are not dated but still expected to be held later this year.

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