The constitutional court in Spain has suspended the call for a referendum on Catalonia's independence after agreeing to review an appeal by central authorities in Madrid.
The move was widely expected after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced that the government would challenge both a controversial law meant to legitimize the independence vote and a decree signed on Wednesday by the Catalan regional government summoning voters for the October 1 ballot.
On Wednesday, Catalonia's regional parliament, which is controlled by separatists, voted to push ahead with the referendum in the wealthy northeastern region, sparking the country's deepest political crisis in 40 years.
The central government called the move an attack against Spain's and Catalonia's institutional order.
"That's something that the government and the courts can't allow," Rajoy said in a televised address on Thursday after a meeting of his cabinet.
Read more: Spanish court suspends Catalonia's independence vote | Spain News | Al Jazeera
The move was widely expected after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced that the government would challenge both a controversial law meant to legitimize the independence vote and a decree signed on Wednesday by the Catalan regional government summoning voters for the October 1 ballot.
On Wednesday, Catalonia's regional parliament, which is controlled by separatists, voted to push ahead with the referendum in the wealthy northeastern region, sparking the country's deepest political crisis in 40 years.
The central government called the move an attack against Spain's and Catalonia's institutional order.
"That's something that the government and the courts can't allow," Rajoy said in a televised address on Thursday after a meeting of his cabinet.
Read more: Spanish court suspends Catalonia's independence vote | Spain News | Al Jazeera
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