Catalan opposition claims the Constitutional Court against the separatism

USPA NEWS - The three opposition parties in Catalonia (Popular Party, Socialist Party and Citizens) Wednesday asked the Constitutional Court under parliamentary procedure against the regional Chamber of independence project.

Together but separately, the Catalan leaders of the three parties attended the Constitutional Court and filed three appeals to prevent the independence motion put forward by Junts pel Si and CUP coalitions and vote in the regional Parliament next Monday. The resources of the Popular Party (PP) and Citizens call for suspension of the plenary scheduled for that day, while the Socialist Party did not ask for it because, according to his spokesman, Miguel Iceta, "we know that the Constitutional Court is not going to do." In addition to the decision of the Bureau of the Parliament to continue the parliamentary proceedings of the separatist motion, the opposition parties are turning the meeting of the Board of Spokesmen held without the PP.

The presentation of resources coincides with the plenary meeting of the Constitutional Court. High Court sources said on Wednesday the possibility that it is the plenary which decides on appeals, something that will happen Thursday or Friday. Conservatives, socialists and Citizens are confident that the Constitutional Court invalidated the meeting of the Board of Spokesmen and suspend the extraordinary plenary session next Monday, to prevent the independence motion is voted on. The three parties stress that, in addition to violating the law, careful motion against the Spanish Constitution and against the Catalan Statute of Autonomy.

Socialist Party spokesman, Miguel Iceta, said in statements to the media following the presentation of resources, that if the House were to be held Monday, the Spanish Government would ask for its cancellation and expressed support for the resource: "We want to clear that this will not be a Government acting alone but we will support him behind," he said. For its part, the Government announced it will wait for the motion is approved by the regional Parliament of Catalonia to contest it in Court.

Speaking to Spanish public radio (RNE its acronym in Spanish), Secretary of Studies and Programs of the Socialist Party, Meritxell Batet, said Wednesday that the plenary session in the Catalan Parliament “can not produce and must not produce any means." Although the three opposition parties had different resources, the socialist representative stressed that resources reveal that a "vast majority" of Catalan deputies requires that the laws are enforced.