Catalonia to pursue independence despite Spanish court’s stance

Catalonia will continue to pressure Spain’s government to consider its calls for secession.

Having seen a Catalan assembly resolution for independence within 18 months annulled last week by the Spanish Constitutional Court, the acting head of the Catalonia government has insisted that the region will continue its drive for independence…

Madrid ruled last week that Catalonia’s bid for secession from Spain was “nonsense” and ruled to annul a resolution passed by Catalonia calling for the establishment of a Republic by 2017.

However, Artur Mas, who is Acting Catalan President, has remarked that Catalonia will stick with its plan to break away from Spain.

“Legally, it is clear that the Catalan parliament’s resolution is now annulled,” Mas told local media. “But politically it is not because the will of the parliament cannot be annulled and the will of the parliament reflects the will and the ideas of a significant part of the Catalonian population.”

Madrid’s Constitutional Court ruled against the resolution, saying it was ‘unconstitutional’ and stating that any Catalan assembly could not establish itself as a political power above the Spanish constitution.

Catalonia recently held a referendum in which the Catalan people voted overwhelmingly in the push towards secession. Mas now states that he would like to hold another referendum and is hoping for a greater turnout than last time, which was just 40%.