Lawmakers in Catalonia have rejected an amnesty bill, causing a setback for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government due to disagreements between the ruling Socialists and a Catalan separatist party.
The bill, voted down by 179 to 171, will now go back to a parliamentary committee for further discussion and a potential revote in the lower house.
Last year, Sanchez agreed to propose the bill in exchange for support from two small Catalan separatist parties.
However, the Catalan Junts party voted against the bill after failing to reach a last-minute agreement with the Socialist Workers’ Party.
Source: Al Jazeera