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Artur Mas fulfilled his threat yesterday and announced the holding of an independence referendum in Catalonia on November 9. The Government, which was prepared for this challenge, is clear about what its action should be: it will maintain a low profile, waiting for the next movements of the 'president' and, if in the end he persists in the consultation, apply article 155 of the Constitution. As government sources and PP leaders explain to El Confidencial Digital , the Executive is going to take “maximum caution” in its response to the call for a referendum announced by Mas. The motto is “to be very careful with the reactions to be carried out , distinguishing political statements from what is going to be done in the legal field.” There will be no referendum In that sense, the only message that will be transmitted by the Government, both publicly and to the Generalitat, is that “ what Catalonia is proposing is unconstitutional and cannot be carried out . ” This is how representatives of the Executive and the PP spoke yesterday, after the press conference offered by Artur Mas. Alfonso Alonso, Jesús Posada and Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón agreed in pointing out that the Government “guarantees that the consultation will not be held”, as it is “illegal” and, therefore, “impossible to carry out”. Mariano Rajoy himself took advantage of a press conference at La Moncloa to remember that “no autonomous government can deprive Spaniards of what the Constitution and the laws guarantee them.
Therefore, I can guarantee that the consultation will not take place .” Emissaries from La Moncloa meet with the Catalan PP The Government sources consulted by ECD explain that the Executive will remain expectant, allowing time to pass, waiting Phone Number List for the movements that Artur Mas makes, and without more reactions and speeches than those already offered: "We must not tense things . The Executive's position has been made clear, and now it is the Generalitat that has to decide . [OBJECT] So that the strategy is unified, both on the part of the Executive and the PP, today it is planned that emissaries from La Moncloa will travel to Barcelona to participate in the Steering Committee of the party in Catalonia , convened after Mas's announcement. The sources consulted point out that, when the Council of Ministers is convened, "it is most likely that no minister will travel, but people like Jorge Moragas or José Luis Ayllón will ." However, the Government's position is already known by Alicia Sánchez-Camacho, who has held talks with the president since last Monday. The Government affirms that “it knows” what has to be done, and that this will be transmitted to all party levels: “We have categorically ruled out holding the referendum. Now we have to wait to see what steps Catalonia takes , to act accordingly.
The TC will prohibit the consultation Although Artur Mas has announced the holding of his independence referendum on November 9, the consultation is not yet “official”, as the Generalitat has not published it in the Official Gazette of the Community. Once this communication is produced, the Government will present an appeal before the Constitutional Court . According to Government sources, the TC, which can also act ex officio, will declare the consultation unconstitutional, for violating, among others, article 1 of the Magna Carta, in its sections 2 and 3 , referring to the “national sovereignty of all the Spanish people”, and “the indissoluble union” of the Nation. Once the consultation is declared unconstitutional, it will be prohibited and cannot be carried out, as representatives of the Government and the PP declared yesterday. Article 155 will be applied if the Generalitat calls it As anticipated in these pages, if the Generalitat ignores the prohibition of the Constitutional Court and chooses to call the referendum, the Government will act accordingly and apply article 155 of the Constitution . The article establishes that, if an Autonomous Community fails to comply with constitutional obligations, or acts in a way that "seriously violates the general interest of Spain", the Government can directly intervene in the autonomy.
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发表于 2024-2-19 16:33:34