Spain’s Constitutional Court has declared that a sovereignty declaration passed by Catalan’s regional parliament earlier this year has been suspended, as pro-independence politicians vowed to push on.
The decision, made earlier this week, means that the Constitutional Court has suspended the declaration for the next five months, while they hear a central government appeal that claims it is illegal.
The declaration, passed in January, stated that the 7,5 million Catalan people were “politically and legally sovereign” and announced the start of “the process to bring about the exercising of the right to decide so that the citizens of Catalonia can choose their political, collective future”.
Despite labelling the court ruling as "very worrying and disappointing", Catalan regional Prime Minister Artur Mas has said the region would continue with plans for independence, as they look to create a commission to debate the process of a referendum.
