Catalan Assembly Votes to Start Secession Process Defying Rajoy
- Regional lawmakers vote 72-63 to pass separatist motion
- Ballot on regional president to take place later Monday
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Catalonia’s parliament passed a motion declaring the start of the process for breaking away from Spain, a move Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says is illegal.
The resolution was approved by 72 votes to 63, Carme Forcadell, the president of the regional assembly said Monday after the debate in parliament. Rajoy said he’ll ask the Constitutional Court to block the decision in a televised statement after the vote.