CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM HALTED BY SPAIN'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, September 29, 2014, 18:23

Spain’s constitutional court has suspended the planned referendum in Catalonia , halting all campaigning and preparations for the vote on independence just two days after it was formally called by the Catalan leader, Artur Mas.

In a special meeting on Monday evening that lasted just over an hour, the court unanimously agreed to hear the central government’s court challenge to the referendum. The decision automatically suspends the referendum, as well as the law that allowed the regional government to call the vote, for up to five months.

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