e-1335 (Foreign policy)
- Keywords
- Catalonia
- Foreign policy
- Oppression
- Sovereignty
- Spain
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- The people of Catalonia elected in 2015 a parliamentary majority that supported the organization of a referendum to ask the Catalan people about their relationship with Spain;
- Millions of Catalans have pacifically demonstrated for years asking for the right to be heard;
- Despite the brutal repression by Spanish police, more than 2.3 million voted in the past October 1, 2017 referendum;
- The Spanish government has rejected any attempt of negotiation, even mediation. Instead, it wants to replace the legally elected Catalan government by a new body appointed by themselves;
- The Spanish government has flooded Catalonia with police, increase intimidation to citizens and jailed civic organizers, a movement denounced by Amnesty International;
- Politics and not repression is the key to solve the dispute; and
- Catalan Parliament democratically elected has declared Catalonia as a new independent state.
- Open for signature
- November 17, 2017, at 2:27 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 17, 2018, at 2:27 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Elizabeth May
(Saanich—Gulf Islands)
May 3, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02309) - Government response tabled
- June 18, 2018