EDOldie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How was it illegal? From The Guardian... Q&A Why does the Spanish government say the Catalan referendum is illegal? The Spanish government argues that any referendum on Catalan independence would be illegal because the country?s 1978 constitution makes no provision for a vote on self-determination. The Spanish constitutional court, which has suspended the referendum law pushed through the Catalan parliament in September, is looking into whether the law breaches the constitution. In March this year, the former Catalan president Artur Mas was banned from holding public office for two years after being found guilty of disobeying the constitutional court by holding a symbolic independence referendum three years ago.
