Puigdemont has been living in Brussels to avoid arrest over leading a bid for Catalan independence in October. Catalonia’s newly-elected parliament speaker nominated him on Monday as the sole candidate to be the regional president again.
“Current circumstances do not permit his investiture,” Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria told a news conference in Madrid, referring to the fact that there is an arrest warrant against Puigdemont in Spain, Reuters reported.
She said the government had asked the council of state to give its opinion on the possibility to appeal to the constitutional court the Catalan parliament speaker’s decision to nominate Puigdemont as the only leadership candidate.
If the council of state’s opinion echoes that of the Madrid government, the appeal will be filed immediately, she said.
The Catalan parliament must hold its first round of vote on electing a new regional leader no later than Jan. 31.
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The Spanish authorities are set to appeal the nomination of Carles Puigdemont, who is currently residing in Belgium, as a candidate for president of Catalonia, to the country's Constitutional Court, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said Thursday.
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According to de Santamaria, the Spanish authorities requested the State Council's opinion regarding the former Catalan leader's nomination as they consider it "non-compliant with the law."
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El Consejo de Estado no ve fundamentos para impugnar la candidatura de Puigdemont...
DeleteA pesar del varapalo que representa la negativa del Consejo de Estado a impugnar la candidatura del ex president, el Gobierno mantiene la intención de seguir adelante con su recurso ante el Constitucional, según fuentes de Moncloa.
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