Catalunya independence referendum planned for 2014 and date to be revealed in December
Monday, October 28, 2013 @ 9:59 AM
CATALUNYA'S regional president says a referendum on independence will definitely go ahead next year, and that when 2014 comes, he will set the exact date.
Artur Mas' determination to put Catalunya's secession bid to the vote comes in response to regional socialist leader Pere Navarro Morera's criticising him for 'deceiving the people of Catalunya' by talking about 'a referendum they know they are not going to do'.
Mas and Oriol Junqueras, leader of left-wing Esquerra Republicana Catalana (ERC), both support the move for Catalunya to become a separate country and are convinced the European Union will allow them to continue as a member State automatically.
Navarro criticised them both for 'getting the hopes up' of those who would vote in favour of independence 'under false pretences'.
“Don't say we're deceiving anyone, because we'll do everything possible to make sure the referendum happens in 2014 and Sr Navarro knows that,” Mas told reporters.
“Whether other State institutions block it in every format and via every route is another matter entirely.
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