Catalonia leader signs independence referendum law

STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 7, ARTSAKHPRESS: Earlier, the Catalan parliament approved this law, which, however, the Catalan opposition, Spanish government, and leading political parties consider unlawful.

The Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, will challenge this law at the constitutional court of the country. 

Those supporting Catalonia’s independence plan to conduct the respective referendum on October 1.