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Spain to charge Catalan MPs over plans for independence vote
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 / 7:34 AM / UPDATED 12 MINUTES AGO
Spain to charge Catalan MPs over plans for independence vote
Sonya Dowsett, Inmaculada Sanz
3 MIN READ
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish prosecutors said on Thursday they would bring criminal charges against members of Catalonia’s parliament, as Madrid moved to crush the region’s plans for an independence referendum.
Separately, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he had appealed to Spain’s Constitutional Court to declare the referendum illegal. The 1978 constitution states Spain is indivisible.
“This vote will never take place,” he told a news conference. “In making the appeal, we are defending the rights of all Spaniards and all Catalans.”
A majority of Catalonia’s parliament voted on Wednesday to hold the Oct. 1 referendum, in an acrimonious session in which mainstream political parties left the chamber before the vote and pro-independence lawmakers sang the Catalan anthem.
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Spain to charge Catalan MPs over plans for independence vote
Sonya Dowsett, Inmaculada Sanz
3 MIN READ
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish prosecutors said on Thursday they would bring criminal charges against members of Catalonia’s parliament, as Madrid moved to crush the region’s plans for an independence referendum.
Separately, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he had appealed to Spain’s Constitutional Court to declare the referendum illegal. The 1978 constitution states Spain is indivisible.
“This vote will never take place,” he told a news conference. “In making the appeal, we are defending the rights of all Spaniards and all Catalans.”
A majority of Catalonia’s parliament voted on Wednesday to hold the Oct. 1 referendum, in an acrimonious session in which mainstream political parties left the chamber before the vote and pro-independence lawmakers sang the Catalan anthem.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-catalonia/spain-to-charge-catalan-mps-over-plans-for-independence-vote-idUSKCN1BI1GQ
