Rajoy may call for criminal action against Artur Mas if Catalunya independence consultation goes ahead
Friday, December 21, 2012 @ 9:56 PM
SPAIN'S government will prosecute Catalunya's president Artur Mas via the criminal courts if he goes ahead and calls a referendum for the region's independence. Mas' consultation with the left-wing regional republican party, ERC, is planned for 2014, but a Constitutional Court ruling may say he cannot do so. And Spanish president Mariano Rajoy's cabinet says if Mas does not obey a verdict against him claiming any consultation on Catalunya becoming a separate country would go against the Constitution, they will take action via the criminal route.
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