Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the Spanish prime minister called for clarification from Catalonia over its decision to suspend a declaration of independence the previous evening.
"The cabinet has agreed to require formally to the Catalan government to confirm whether it has declared independence or not," Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
"The answer from the Catalan president will determine future events, in the next few days," he also said, adding he would keep acting in a "cautious and responsible" way.
He also said that he wanted to offer "certainty" to the Spanish people and clear up any "confusion" created by recent events.
The clarification, he said, had to come before any other measures were taken by Madrid, such as the option of triggering article 155 of the constitution, which allows the central government to take control of any of its 17, partly autonomous, regions if they don't comply with Spanish law.
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"The cabinet has agreed to require formally to the Catalan government to confirm whether it has declared independence or not," Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
"The answer from the Catalan president will determine future events, in the next few days," he also said, adding he would keep acting in a "cautious and responsible" way.
He also said that he wanted to offer "certainty" to the Spanish people and clear up any "confusion" created by recent events.
The clarification, he said, had to come before any other measures were taken by Madrid, such as the option of triggering article 155 of the constitution, which allows the central government to take control of any of its 17, partly autonomous, regions if they don't comply with Spanish law.
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The Spanish government has given Catalan President Carles Puigdemont five days to clarify whether he actually declared the region's independence or not in his speech devoted to the highly controversial referendum...
ReplyDeleteThe news comes after Spanish Prime minister Mariano Rajoy said earlier on Wednesday that the cabinet of ministers asked for clarification on the issue of autonomous region's independence.
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