SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION -- Spanish Government says it will try to block Catalonia's referendum on November 9 - VilaWeb

Spanish Government says it will try to block Catalonia's referendum on November 9 - VilaWeb

Spanish Government says it will try to block Catalonia's referendum on November 9

Sáenz de Santamaria says they will apply the law and the constitution

The Spanish Government reacted to Artur Mas' declarations
yesterday—in which he promised to guarantee that the polls would be open
on November 9 for the referendum—by saying they would aim to 'avoid
encouraging social division and uncertainty in Catalonia' and that they
would apply the law and the constitution in order to block a referendum
that they consider illegal. Spanish vice president Soraya Sáenz de
Santamaria said, 'We are all subject to the law and those of who hold
public office are required to follow the law. It's not good for someone
in a public office to speak openly about such a thing.'

What will
the Spanish Government do when the referendum is convoked? 'The
government will react to any actions against the constitution. We have
brought actions that we considered contrary to the constitution before
the Constitutional Court,' said Sáenz de Santamaria, in reference to the
appeals against the Catalan Parliament's Declaration of Sovereignty.

 

Soraya Sáenz de Santamaria