Spain: Catalan parliament approves 'democratic unilateral mechanism' to secession, despite Constitutional Court decision

By Sara Prim, 29 July 2016
Catalans protest outside parliament house in favour of independence (photo credit: Thom Mitchell/New Matilda)
Catalans protest outside parliament house in favour of independence (photo credit: Thom Mitchell/New Matilda)
<p class="pos-subtitle">The Catalan Chamber approved this Wednesday the conclusions of the Committee to Study the Constitutive Process, which established the next steps in Catalonia’s pro-independence process. The pro-independence forces in the Parliament, governing cross-party list ‘Junts Pel Sí’ and radical left CUP, which represent a majority of 72 MPs in the 135-seat Catalan Parliament, voted in favour of the conclusions, while alternative left alliance ‘Catalunya Sí que es Pot’ voted against. The Spanish Socialist Party (PSC) refused to vote and Spanish Unionist ‘Ciutadans’ and the Conservative People’s Party (PP) expressed their rejection by leaving the Chamber before the vote.
Read the full article here: Catalan News Agency

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