Government of Spain submits document to Council of State initiating procedure to appeal against resolution of Regional Parliament of Catalonia before Constitutional Court

Madrid

This procedure has been initiated on Monday afternoon with the presentation of a document to the Council of State requesting this State advisory body to draft an urgent report - within 24 hours - on the challenge made by the Government of Spain against the regional parliamentary resolution.

A report from the Permanent Committee of this body is a condition precedent for presentation by the Government of Spain of an appeal of unconstitutionality, as established by the law governing how this executive advisory body operates.

Pool Moncloa / Diego CrespoThe State Secretary for Parliamentary Relations, José Luis Ayllón, and the Under-Secretary for the Presidency, Federico de Ramos, presented the request for a report to the registry at the central offices of the Council of State. This document is an Order from the Presidency of the Government, which was signed by the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, earlier on Monday morning.