Official Statement by President Puigdemont on the Catalan Referendum Barcelona, 9 June 2017 On the 27th of this month of June, it will have been exactly seven years since the Constitutional Court’s ruling against the Statute of Catalonia. We followed a long...
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Official Statement by President Puigdemont on the Catalan Referendum Barcelona, 9 June 2017 On the 27th of this month of June, it will have been exactly seven years since the Constitutional Court’s ruling against the Statute of Catalonia. We followed a long path to reach its approval. Was there dialogue between the Government and the State? Yes, a lot of it. Was there agreement with almost all of the constitutional institutions? Yes, from Parliament to Congress and the Senate, all with a very wide majority. There was also an agreed referendum. Did it serve to find solutions? No, on the contrary: one single constitutional institution, strongly politicised, with expired members committed to the political party that today governs the State was enough to finish dialogue, pact and agreement. That Court is no better today. Today, due to a single and urgent reading, the Court can debar elected representatives in a fulminating way, without trial. Neither the well-founded individual votes from
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