Defiant Catalan leader vows to carry on with independence bid despite court block

The Catalan parliament's resolution, calling for the secession process from Spain to begin, has been annulled legally, but not politically, regional President Artur Mas said after the Spanish Constitutional Court ruled the motion unconstitutional.

"Legally, it is clear that the Catalan parliament's resolution is now annulled," Mas told Cadena Ser radio. "But politically, it is not, because the will of the parliament cannot be annulled and the will of the parliament reflects the will and the ideas of a significant part of the Catalonian population."

On Wednesday, the Spanish Constitutional Court stated that the Catalan resolution “ignores and infringes” on principles laid out in the country’s constitution .... https://www.rt.com