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  Former Catalan leader Artur Mas banned from public office over independence vote
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  Mar 13, 2017 08:36pm
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AuthorGašper Završnik
News DateMonday, March 13, 2017 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionCatalonia’s High Court sentenced the region’s former President Artur Mas to a two-year ban from public office Monday and fined him €36,500 for staging an illegal vote on independence from Spain in 2014.

The sentence also included Mas’ deputy Joana Ortega and his education minister Irene Rigau. They were barred from public office for 21 months and 18 months, respectively.

Artur Mas, who had faced a 10-year ban from public office, assumed full responsibility for instigating a non-binding referendum in November 2014 to demand the independence of the region, but denied having deliberately violated the law. “There was no intention of committing any crime or of disobeying anyone,” said Mas during the trial. “If it was so obvious that it was a crime, how could it be that the Constitutional Court did nothing to enforce its resolution?”
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