(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Spanish government has filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court against Catalonia's separation process, arguing that it was "unconstitutional".
The Spanish cabinet held an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday to take legal action against the separation process, and to entrust Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy with filing the appeal, Spain's official TV quoted official sources as saying.
The Catalan Parliament had voted to formally begin the process of secession from Spain, continuing the independence feud with Madrid's government that broke out years ago.
The secession resolution was met with opposition by the conservative People's Party led by Rajoy, and other political parties, which held a meeting to reach an agreement on legal ways to prevent the independence of Catalonia.
The secession resolution is widely viewed as "a mutiny" against the Spanish government and rules of the constitutional court, a step towards creating an independent state.
The legislation also calls for further laws to facilitate the creation of an independent social security system and an independent tax authority within the next 30 days.
The Spanish government also threatened to apply article number 155/1978 of the constitution, that could result in the suspension of Catalan bodies, dissolving the government, enforcing the law and terms of Madrid's government on Catalan bodies - and the right of the Spanish army to intervene if the need arises.
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