‘Incomplete majority’

Published on 24 January 2013 at 09:55

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The Catalonia Parliament passed a declaration on Wednesday which classes the region as “a political and judicial sovereign subject”, a first step to organising a self-determination referendum in 2014.

A total of 85 representatives out of 135 voted in favour and 41 voted against. Among the latter, five of the 20 Socialist’s Party of Catalonia’s representatives disobeyed party instructions by not participating to the vote.

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