Catalan Parliament will vote on right of independence #eu #news #usa #politics

The parties which played a central role in the National Day of
Catalonia on September 11, 2012 are now working on a statement on the
right of the Catalan people to cut off the tie with the Spanish state.

The resolution will be voted on Thursday by the regional parliament,
at the end of the general debate due to start tomorrow. To the writing
of the resolution on sovereignty, which is not binding, are
participating the following parties: Convergencia i Union (CiU), the
ruling party in the Generalitat, with 62 deputies; Iniciativa
(ICV-Euia), with 10 deputies; Esquerra Republicana (ERC), 10 deputies,
the independents of Solidaritat, 3 deputies, and Joan Laporta.

The Popular Party (PP) (18 deputies) and Ciutadans (3) are against the
initiative, while the Socialist Party (PSC, 28) proposes to move
towards the construction of a federal state. According to Spanish
media, the statement won't be only a proposition, as others rated in
the past by the Catalan room, but goes further, and expresses "the
will of Catalan people to vote on the bond with the State of Spain".

In addition to this, it opens the way for forthcoming elections which
may already take place on November 25, and a referendum on the
sovereignity of Catalonia, claimed by parties supporting a national
indipendence. A decision which, as indicated by the Catalan President
Artur Mas, must be taken by the majority of the Parliament.

After the refusal of the government of Mariano Rajoy of a fiscal pact
with Catalonia - a privileged system of financing, such as those in
the Basque Country and in Navarre - Mas said that it was time to take
a step forward, even with the a referendum for indipendence.

For his part, the Secretary General of Convergence (CDC), Oriol Pujol,
declared to be "skeptical about a dialogue" suggested on Saturday by
Prime Minister Rajoy, to check the possibility of an agreement on the
financing of Catalonia. He also urged the Prime Minister to take
initiative and "Do not play with the feelings of the Catalans".
According to La Vanguardia, the model for the new Catalonia would be
Scotland. (ANSAmed).

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