Spain suspends Catalan parliament session in attempt to block independence

Spain’s constitutional court has suspended a Catalan parliament session planned for Monday in an attempt to block an expected declaration of independence by the Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont.

In a televised address on Wednesday evening, Puigdemont said his government was planning to take the results of Sunday’s referendum to the Catalan parliament over the next few days.

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy warned that the situation could escalate further if the Catalan government carried on this path. “Is there a solution? Yes, there is,” Rajoy told the Spanish news agency Efe.

"And the best one would be a return to legality and the swiftest possible confirmation that there won’t be a unilateral independence declaration, because that way still greater harm could be avoided.”

UCJ, UNILORIN.