3,000 organizations to send Rajoy a letter asking him not to block the legal self-determination vote The letter sent to Rajoy will use arguments from the Constitutional Court Catalonias National Alliance for Self-determination, which brings together some 3,000 entities including political parties, local governments, trade unions, employer associations, Chambers of commerce and NGOs, held on Friday its 3rd meeting and decided to send the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, a letter to ask him not to block the self-determination vote. The letter will insist that the vote is legal and it will use part of the statement on the topic issued in April by the Constitutional Court. This vote has been scheduled for the 9th of November following an agreement by two-thirds of the Catalan Parliament in December 2013 and the mandate from the November 2012 Catalan elections. Rajoy has repeated on several occasions that he is totally opposed to allowing a self-determination vote to happen in Catalonia, a procedure he considers illegal, making a restrictive interpretation of the legal framework and the statement of the Constitutional Court. Therefore, the vote will be organized under the Catalan legal framework through the new Law on Consultation Votes. The letter will be sent before the meeting between Mas and Rajoy. The Catalan President wants to talk about the vote, but Rajoy stated this week he would not discuss this issue. In addition, the Catalan President will also discuss institutional and social issues, linked to the economic crisis, explained the Alliances Coordinator, Joan Rigol. Furthermore, a leading NGO participating in the Alliance, Òmnium Cultural – behind the large-scale pro-independence demonstrations, stated they were willing to change the consultation votes day in order to get the Spanish authorities approval. In fact, the Catalan President has repeated on several occasions that he is willing to modify the question wording and the day in order to reach an agreement with the Spanish Government or at least to guarantee they will not put obstacles to the vote. However, this week Rajoy downplayed this attitude and rejected participating in absurd debates. vilaweb.cat/noticia/4204616/20140720/3000-organizations-to-send-rajoy-letter-asking-him-not-to-block-the-legal-self-determination-vote.html
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