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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Spain: Top court officially rules Catalan referendum illegal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSpain’s top court has officially ruled that Catalonia’s disputed independence referendum was illegal because a regional law that backed it was against Spain’s constitution.
The Catalan regional parliament passed the so-called “self-determination referendum law” in early September. Regional leaders went on to stage the October 1 referendum on whether the region should separate from Spain. They say the “Yes” side won and that the result gives the region a mandate to declare independence.
Spain’s Constitutional Court says the law goes against national sovereignty and the “indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation.”
The court says that the parliamentary session that approved the law also violated the country’s constitution.
— AP
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