Mas said on Saturday that semi-autonomous Catalonia wanted to "vote and decide."
Calls for an independence vote have grown in the wake of fiscal crisis that hit Spain and led to austerity measures.
On September 19, a day after Scotland voted against independence from the U.K., the region’s parliament in Barcelona passed a law allowing a referendum with the approval of more than two-thirds of its members.
The central government has pledged to stop such a bid, claiming the Spanish constitution does not allow referenda that exclude other regions of the country.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told journalists during a recent visit to China that insisting on a referendum would cause chaos because the decision to hold one could not be taken legally.
Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said the government had taken the first step to prove the referendum's illegality, consulting with the Spanish State Council on Saturday following Mas's announcement.
Rajoy's government is expected to appeal to the constitutional court over Catalonia's decision following a cabinet meeting on Monday.
Catalans, who polls show are largely in favor of seceding from Spain, took to the streets of Barcelona to celebrate the decision.
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27/9/14
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El Constitucional suspende la consulta catalana por unanimidad...
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήEl pleno del Tribunal Constitucional ha admitido a trámite por unanimidad los recursos presentados por el Gobierno contra la ley de consultas, aprobada por el Parlamento catalán el pasado día 19, y el decreto de convocatoria de consulta de soberanía, firmado el sábado por el presidente de la Generalitat, Artur Mas el sábado pasado. El pleno, en el que han participado los 12 magistrados que lo componen, ha durado poco más de una hora. El pleno ha emitido un comunicado en que afirma que la rapidez en su resolución obedece a la "trascendencia constitucional y política" de las cuestiones planteadas.
"La decisión del pleno de no demorar su resolución (limitada a comprobar la concurrencia de las condiciones procesales de admisibilidad de los recursos, sin consideración alguna respecto al fondo de los mismos) obedece a que el Tribunal Constitucional es consciente de la trascendencia constitucional y política de las cuestiones planteadas, para la sociedad española en su conjunto y, en particular, para la catalana", reza el comunicado del Constitucional..............http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/09/29/actualidad/1412005295_056524.html
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