Madrid .- King Philip VI received Friday at the Palacio de la Zarzuela in Madrid at the head of the government of Catalonia, Artur Mas, in full sovereignty tension and two months of the elections planned for the Northeast Spain, the Catalan Executive aims to turn into a referendum on secession.
“I come in are peace “, said Mas to the press just before greeting the king, who received him cordially, but with serious gesture, DPA reported.
” Do you see coming in the next months head of state? “I asked a journalist to the president of the Catalan government. “No comment,” was his answer.
Although neither party plans to make official statements today on the meeting, the media revealed that he discussed the situation in the region and some issues related to the independence process driven there by the Catalan government.
Among them, the agreement reached this week between the main Catalan nationalist parties, with the support of civil authorities pro independence, to concur in a single list in the elections of September, expected to be convened in advance.
According to reports this week, the independence bid will be led by sovereignism civilian representatives and not politically active, but ensure reelection But if the list wins at the polls with absolute majority.
In that case a legal process “disengagement” from Catalonia in Spain would last between six and eight months, after which there would be a unilateral declaration of independence, according to Spanish media reported open.
The Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy, against the secession of the region and holding an independence referendum, warned that will challenge any measure taken by the Catalan government that may be contrary to the Constitution .
“There will be a Catalan independence,” he said adamantly Thursday the chief executive.
Today is the first official meeting between Philip VI and Artur Mas since the proclamation of the king in June 2014. The two had met several times on the occasion of the king eleven visits to Catalonia at this time, but so far had not received more in his office in Madrid.
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