Catalan president could declare independence today

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.