It will be a debate, and this is important,” the Catalan government’s head of foreign affairs, Raul Romeva, told BBC radio on Friday. Spanish ruling-party lawmakers say Rajoy is considering invoking the constitution to dissolve the regional parliament and force fresh Catalan elections if the region’s government goes ahead with an independence declaration. On Thursday, the speaker of the Catalan parliament, Carme Forcadell, said parliamentary leaders had not yet decided whether to defy the central court and go ahead with the session. Secessionist Catalan politicians have pledged to unilaterally declare independence at Monday’s session after staging an independence referendum last Sunday. Opinion polls conducted before the vote suggest a minority of around 40 percent of residents in Catalonia back independence.

Source: bd News24 October 06, 2017 09:22 UTC