The Parliament of Catalonia adopted the law regulating public political life autonomy in case of a victory of supporters of independence in the referendum on 1 October. On Thursday, September 7, according to El Pais.
“For” the adoption of a law voted by a 71 member of the Parliament, “against”, made 10. No abstentions.
The document has 89 articles. It was designed to ensure legitimacy during the transition between the referendum on independence and adoption of a Constitution of an independent Catalonia.
Earlier Thursday, the constitutional court of Spain at an emergency meeting, took into consideration the claims of the government about the illegality of the adopted documents on the eve of the referendum on the independence of Catalonia. The Spanish Constitution provides for the option, according to which the government of the Kingdom may appeal to the court and adopted by the bodies of the Autonomous regions of the solution. Catalonia, like the Basque Country, Navarre, Galicia and Andalusia, has expanded autonomy.
On 6 September the Parliament of Catalonia adopted the law on referendum, allowing 1 October to be held in the Autonomous region voting on independence. Earlier regional authorities have developed a document according to which on the region’s independence will be declared immediately in the event of failure of the Central government to allow a referendum on secession from Spain.
Catalonia — a region in the North-East of Spain, which seeks to secede from the Kingdom. The Parliament of Catalonia on 9 November 2014, voted for sovereignty. The Declaration, which was supported by the majority of parliamentarians, set the period of eighteen months, during which Catalonia should get independence.