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Citizens queue in front of Supreme Court to plead guilty for symbolic independence vote
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Supreme Court accepts prosecution of Catalan President for symbolic vote on independence
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Director of Public Prosecution Office resigns after arguing with Rajoy and Catalan prosecutors
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Rajoy denies having ordered Catalan President’s prosecution over symbolic independence vote
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Self-determination parties plead guilty in independence vote after Catalan President’s prosecution
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Catalan President: it is “disappointing” that Spain’s reaction to November 9 is based on “courts and prosecutors”
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Spain’s Public Prosecutor Office to finally file complaint against Catalan President for November 9 vote
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Upheaval in Spain’s Public Prosecution Office over the complaint against Catalan President
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Public Prosecution Director might not file complaint against Catalan President over independence vote
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Spain will not negotiate "any secession" and might take the Catalan Government to court
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Euro MPs ask the European Commission about the respect for the independence of judicial power in Spain
Earlier this week the Director of the Public Prosecution Office of Catalonia, Martín Rodríguez Sol, was pushed to resign by his boss at a Spanish level, who is directly appointed by Spain’s Government. Rodríguez Sol said in an interview that it was “legitimate” to “allow the people” to decide on their collective future regarding Catalonia’s self-determination process. However, he emphasised that he was not supporting an independence referendum as such because “it does not fit into the current legal framework”, but he suggested that a “legal vote” could be held with the appropriate question being asked. He also stated that legal frameworks should be connected to social realities and should have the option to be changed. On Thursday six members of the European Parliament, representing four Catalan parties, filed a question to the European Commission about the case.
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The Director of the Public Prosecution Office in Catalonia will be fired for supporting a legal self-determination vote
The boss of all public prosecutors in Spain, Eduardo Torres-Dulce – appointed by the Spanish Government – announced on Monday that he is starting the process to dismiss his subordinate, Martín Rodríguez Sol, for having said in an interview on Sunday it was “legitimate” that a majority of citizens ask to vote on Catalonia’s political future, although “within the legal framework”. Rodríguez Sol believes that it is not possible to organise an independence referendum as such although he said that with the appropriate question, a legal self-determination vote could be held. He also stated that the legal framework should be adapted to social changes. The Catalan President, Artur Mas, has accused the Spanish Government “of having little democratic sensibility”. In addition, Mas reminded everybody that last week another army general threatened with a military intervention in Catalonia “and nothing happened” but if an attorney general says that people should “express themselves within the legal framework”, he is fired.