Catalan president could declare independence today

Puigdemont will make a statement in Parliament to implement the results of the referendum

Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, vice president, Oriol Junqueras, and  counsellor of the presidency, Jordi Turull, on October 10 (by ACN)
Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, vice president, Oriol Junqueras, and counsellor of the presidency, Jordi Turull, on October 10 (by ACN) / ACN

ACN | Barcelona

October 10, 2017 12:11 PM

A crucial event may happen today in the Catalan Parliament. The Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, will make a statement this afternoon at 6pm and independence could be declared. The Catalan president is supposed to explain how he plans to implement the results of the referendum. He has already said that the vote was binding, and 90% of the voters went for independence.

Exactly what he will say is not entirely clear. One possibility is that the Catalan president prepares a declaration of independence, but keeps the door open to mediation, as he suggested in recent days. Indeed, the outcome of the parliamentary session in the Catalan parliament could be a combination of independence and mediation

According to parliamentary sources, the Catalan parliament will not vote on any text, but Puigdemont’s statement will serve to implement the referendum law, that establishes the declaration of independence to be held in a parliamentary ordinary session. After the declaration of independence, a constituent process begins. 

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