Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Artur Mas: the sovereignist consultation last November 9 “was legal” – Sputnik World

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the defense of nationalist leader believes that “the participatory process on independence was legal among other reasons because he pretended not obtain a democratic mandate. “

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last week, the TSJC decided to close the case by consulting the November 9, 2014 and sent to trial the then president of Catalonia, the exconsejera of Education, Irene Rigau, and the former Vice President, Joana Ortega, for “breach of trust in the organization of the consultation” despite being banned by the Constitutional Court.

The magistrate TSJC, Joan Manel Abril, sends them to dock “for disobedience to the Constitutional Court and prevarication”.

Artur Mas defends arguing that “the process of participation is not intended to substitute the figure of the referendum, which call for the State”.

“the process 9-N did not intend to use either the procedure or the electoral guarantees, nor contacted the electoral roll, and did not seek to obtain a democratic mandate through their organization, “she says in its appeal Mas.

In addition, the defense of former president recalled in his letter that the Catalan government has “exclusive jurisdiction” in participatory processes and popular consultations, and that “is not intended to replace him the figure of the referendum”.

the consultation was held on November 9, 2014 between a great controversy over the decision of the Constitutional Court

Topic:. Catalan independence process

this process involved 2.3 million people, of which about 80.76 percent voted in favor of the independence of Catalonia.

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