declaration of catalan independence

DECLARATION OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF CATALONIA
In the village of Catalonia and in all the peoples of the world.
The justice and the individual human rights and intrinsic groups, fundamental bases can not be waived
that give meaning to the historical legitimacy and to the legal and institutional tradition of Catalonia,
They are the basis of the constitution of the Catalan Republic.
The Catalan nation, its language and its culture have a thousand years of history. For centuries,
Catalonia has been endowed with and enjoyed its own institutions that have exercised self-government with
fullness, with the Generalitat as the greatest expression of the historical rights of Catalonia. He
Parliamentarianism has been, during the periods of freedom, the column on which they have been made
sustained these institutions, it has been channeled through the Catalan Courts and has
crystallized in the Constitutions of Catalonia.
Catalonia today restores its full sovereignty, lost and longed for, after
decades to try, honestly and loyally, institutional coexistence with the peoples of
the Iberian peninsula.
Since the adoption of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Catalan politics has had one
key role with an exemplary, loyal and democratic attitude towards Spain, and with one
deep sense of state.
The Spanish state has responded to this loyalty with the denial of the recognition of
Catalonia as a nation; and has granted limited autonomy, more administrative than
policy and in the process of recentralization; a profoundly unfair economic treatment and one
linguistic and cultural discrimination.
The Statute of Autonomy, approved by Parliament and the Congress, and referendum by the citizens
Catalan, it had to be the new stable and lasting framework for bilateral relations between Catalonia and
Spain. But it was a political agreement broken by the sentence of the Constitutional Court and
that emerges new citizen complaints.
Gathering the demands of a large majority of citizens of Catalonia, the Parliament, the
Government and civil society have repeatedly called for the conclusion of a referendum
of self-determination
Upon the finding that the institutions of the State have rejected any negotiation, they have
Violated the principle of democracy and autonomy, and have ignored the legal mechanisms
Available in the Constitution, the Generalitat of Catalonia has called a referendum for
the exercise of the right to self-determination recognized in international law.
The organization and celebration of the referendum led to the suspension of the self-government of
Catalonia and the de facto application of the state of emergency.
The brutal police operation of style and military style orchestrated by the Spanish state against
Catalan citizens have repeatedly and severely violated their civil liberties
policies and principles of Human Rights, and has contravened international agreements
signed and ratified by the Spanish State.
Thousands of people, among whom there are hundreds of elected and institutional posts
professionals linked to the communication sector, the administration and civil society, have
Been investigated, detained, complained, interrogated and threatened with harsh penalties of
jail
The Spanish institutions, which should remain neutral, protect the rights
Fundamental and arbitrary in face of the political conflict, they have become part and instrument
of these attacks and have left the citizenship of Catalonia defenseless.
In spite of the violence and the repression to try to prevent the celebration of a democratic process
And peaceful, the citizens of Catalonia have voted mostly in favor of the constitution of
the Catalan Republic.
The constitution of the Catalan Republic is based on the need to protect it
Freedom, security and coexistence of all citizens of Catalonia and to move towards
a state of law and a democracy of greater quality, and responds to the impediment on the part of
The Spanish state to enforce the right to self-determination of peoples.
The people of Catalonia are a lover of law, and respect for the law is and will be one of the stones
angular of the Republic. The Catalan state will comply with and will legally enforce all
The provisions that make up this declaration and guarantee that legal certainty and the
The maintenance of the subscribed agreements will be part of the founding spirit of the Republic
Catalan.
The constitution of the Republic is an extended hand to dialogue. Honoring the Catalan tradition
of the pact, we maintain our commitment to the agreement as a way of resolving them
political conflicts At the same time, we reaffirm our fraternity and solidarity with the rest of
People of the world and, especially, those with whom we share the language and culture and the region
Euro-Mediterranean in defense of individual and collective freedoms.
The Catalan Republic is an opportunity to correct the current democratic deficits and
social and construct a more prosperous, fairer, more secure, more sustainable society and more
in solidarity
By virtue of everything that has just been exposed, we, democratic representatives of the people of
Catalonia, in the free exercise of the right of self-determination, and in accordance with the mandate received
of the citizens of Catalonia,
WE CONSTITUTE the Catalan Republic, as an independent and sovereign State, of law,
democratic and social.
WE HAVE the entry into force of the Law of legal and foundational transitionality of the
Republic.
We initiate the constituent, democratic process, based on citizens, transversal, participatory and
binding
WE UNDERSTAND THE WILL to open negotiations with Spain, without conditions
Previous, aimed at establishing a collaboration scheme for the benefit of both parties. Les
Negotiations must necessarily be on an equal footing.
WE PUT IN KNOWLEDGE of the international community and the authorities of the Union
European the constitution of the Catalan Republic and the proposal of negotiations with the state
spanish
INSTEM to the international community and the European Union authorities to intervene for
Stop the violation of civil and political rights in progress, and monitor the negotiating process
with the Spanish State and be witnesses.
We are expressing the desire to build a European project that reinforces the rights
social and democratic rights of the citizens, as well as the commitment to continue applying, without
solution of continuity and unilaterally, the rules of the legal system of the Union
European and those of the order of Spain and of the autonomic Catalan that they transpose
this regulation.
WE BELIEVE that Catalonia has the unequivocal desire to integrate as quickly as possible
possible to the international community. The new state is committed to respecting them
International obligations that are currently applied in its territory and continue to be
Part of the international treaties of which the Kingdom of Spain is a part.
I APPEAL to the States and international organizations to recognize the Republic
Catalan as an independent and sovereign state.
INSTEM to the Government of the Generalitat to take the necessary measures to make it possible
The full effectiveness of this Declaration of independence and the provisions of the Law of
legal and foundational transitoriness of the Republic.
We call on each and every one of the citizens of the Catalan Republic to fear us
worthy of the freedom we have given and to build a State that translates into action and
Conduct collective inspirations.
The legitimate representatives of the people of Catalonia: