The plenary session of the Constitutional Court has unanimously suspended the agreement of the Parliamentary Board of February 20, 2024, which admitted for processing the popular legislative initiative called “Proposal of Law for the declaration of the independence of Catalonia.” The court has thus admitted to processing the challenge to autonomous provisions promoted by the central government.
In the ruling, the plenary session transfers the demand and documents presented to the Parliament of Catalonia, through its president, so that within a period of twenty days it can provide “whatever documents and allegations it deems appropriate.”
Meanwhile, the initiative is suspended, according to article 77 of the law that regulates the TC, “which will be communicated to the president of the Parliament.”
The popular legislative initiative (ILP) was registered in the Parliament by Solidaritat Catalana per la Independencia, and prospered thanks to the favorable votes in the Table of Junts and the CUP, the abstention of Esquerra Republicana and the contrary vote of the PSC, all of this in full negotiations on the Amnesty law proposal, finally approved in Congress on March 14.
The proposal had, however, a non-binding report from the Parliament’s lawyers, which in any case warned that it could exceed its powers.
