CATALONIA -- Catalan News Agency - Catalonia has "everything ready" for November's self-determination vote

Catalan News Agency - Catalonia has "everything ready" for November's self-determination vote

 

Catalonia has "everything ready" for November's self-determination vote

CNA

Barcelona (ACN).- On Catalonia's National Day, the
President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas, stated that "everything
is ready" to hold the self-determination consultation vote, scheduled
for the 9th of November by a two third majority of the Catalan
Parliament. In a speech at an institutional ceremony held in the
morning, a few hours before the massive pro-independence rally, Mas
stated that "all the efforts are focused on the 9th of November", which
should be backed by the Catalan Law on Consultation Votes. However, he
rejected to talk about "any other framework". Mas criticised the Spanish
Government's "do –nothing attitude" and asked them not see Catalonia's
demonstration "as a provocation or a challenge", but as a demand to
vote.

"We are ready, and we cannot give any other message that can make
somebody think that we will move away from the objective, which is
voting on the 9^th of November", stated Mas. However, the
Catalan President wandered what the Spanish Government is doing in front
of "one of the State's main issues". "In front of such an important
issue, what is the initiative of the Spanish Government? Where is its
political initiative and its reaction capacity?" he emphasised.
"Political problems are solved through politics, not by threatening with
laws", Mas emphasised.

"This is not a provocation", said the Catalan President referring to
the pro-independence massive demonstration. "We want to vote, we are a
nation, we want to decide on our political future, in harmony and
understanding with the peoples of Spain", Mas said.

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The Catalan President, Artur Mas, in the morning's ceremony on Catalonia's National Day (by P. Mateos)

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