Legal complaint against spanish state`s obstruction to Catalans living abroad Last Friday, members from the independentist association,

24/11/2012
Legal complaint against spanish state`s obstruction to Catalans living abroad

Last Friday, members from the independentist association,

Catalunya Diu Prou, did submitt to the police court, a complaint against the difficulties that Catalans living abroad have had in order to make their vote for the upcoming Catalan parliamentary elections, this Sunday, 25th of November (25-N).

Most part of Catalans living abroad could not exercise their right to vote, because the Spanish embassies aware of the importance of this electoral call in regarding the support for independence, have prevented their right offering all kind of problems.

This report has also a preventive aspect, because planning for the next referendum for the independence of Catalonia, Catalans living abroad could end up having similar difficulties in case of future spanish state`s required “paperwork”.

According to all polls, the votes from these Catalans living abroad would be mostly in favour to political parties that support Catalonia`s independence.

A total of 150.346 Catalan voters who live abroad can not cast their vote in this Catalan elections 25-N, according to the International Federation of Catalan Entities (FIEC), and only 16,271 electors entitled to vote are able to overcome the first step of the so-called prayed vote (better known as "vote Pray")

Countries where catalans have found more problems for exercising the right to vote are the U.S., Canada, Australia, Mexico, China, Bolivia and Chile.

The legal services of Catalunya Diu Prou, with the suport of the Catalans platforms in the world, and its web nopucvotar.cat , are advising the various affected in the diferent countries.

Those who wish to make a complaint, can send a mail explaining his testimony to exteriors@catalunyadiuprou.cat