(VOVWORLD) - The Spanish government said Wednesday that it will stop Catalonia’s former President Carles Puigdemont from being re-elected.
 Mr. Carles Puigdemont left prison in eastern Germany in April 6, 2018 (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
Government spokesperson Inigo Mendez de Vigo said the Spanish government has asked the Constitutional Court to overrule a Catalan law recently approved by separatist legislators that would allow Mr. Puigdemont to be voted into office in absentia.