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Catalan head indicted for calling referendum on split from Spain
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:07am EDT
Catalan head indicted for calling referendum on split from Spain
MADRID
Catalonia's Supreme Court indicted the acting head of the Catalan regional government on Tuesday after he pushed ahead with a referendum on independence from Spain last year despite such a vote being ruled unconstitutional by the courts.
The preliminary charges of disobedience, abuse of authority and usurping authority are leveled at Artur Mas, the most visible face of Catalan separatist aspirations, just two days after his party won a regional election.
Secessionist parties on Sunday secured an absolute majority in the regional parliament, although they won 48 percent of the votes cast.
Mas will testify in court in October for pressing on with a non-binding referendum on independence last November after it was suspended by the Constitutional Court, backed by Spain's national government.
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Catalan head indicted for calling referendum on split from Spain
MADRID
Catalonia's Supreme Court indicted the acting head of the Catalan regional government on Tuesday after he pushed ahead with a referendum on independence from Spain last year despite such a vote being ruled unconstitutional by the courts.
The preliminary charges of disobedience, abuse of authority and usurping authority are leveled at Artur Mas, the most visible face of Catalan separatist aspirations, just two days after his party won a regional election.
Secessionist parties on Sunday secured an absolute majority in the regional parliament, although they won 48 percent of the votes cast.
Mas will testify in court in October for pressing on with a non-binding referendum on independence last November after it was suspended by the Constitutional Court, backed by Spain's national government.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/29/us-spain-catalonia-idUSKCN0RT18M20150929
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