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No government for Spain's Catalonia until end of year
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 02, 2015 11:22pm |
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| Author | AFP |
| News Date | Thursday, December 3, 2015 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A far-left Catalan separatist party said Tuesday it would decide on December 27 whether to back the re-election of the regional government's leader.
The move leaves the economically powerful region without a government until the end of the year.
Two pro-independence parties won a majority of seats in the 135-seat Catalan parliament for the first time in a local election on September 27 but remain deeply divided over the formation of a new government.
The "Together for Yes" secessionist alliance which promises to break away from Spain by mid-2017 won 62 seats but it needs the backing of the smaller far-left separatist CUP group which won 10 seats to re-elect Artur Mas as president of the regional Catalan government.
Mas' candidacy was rejected by 73-62 in the Catalan parliament two times last month, with only his "Together for Yes" alliance supporting him.
The CUP has refused to back Mas as regional president because of his austerity policies of recent years and his party's links to corruption scandals.
To be elected Mas needs at least eight abstentions from CUP lawmakers and two favourable votes.
The two camps have been negotiating and CUP announced on Tuesday that it will take a final decision on December 27 at an assembly of its members. |
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