Catalonia's post-dated declaration of independence: Separatist leader and MPs sign breakaway document – but say it won't be implemented for a 'few weeks' amid calls to resolve 'conflict' with Spain

Catalan president Carles Puigdemont said tonight he has a mandate to declare Catalonia an independent country during a speech to the regional parliament - but stopped short of actually doing so.

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The Catalan president said that millions of Catalan citizens believe the region should have its own state in his highly anticipated speech, explaining that the region had won the right to be an independent republic.

But he refused to declare unilateral independence immediately and instead called for negotiations over a period of 'a few weeks' to end the region's 'conflict' with Spain.

Spain quickly rejected the president's move, with a spokesman for the central government explaining: 'It's unacceptable to make a tacit declaration of independence and to then suspend it in an explicit manner.'

Catalan lawmakers also signed a document they called a declaration of independence, but said they would delay its implementation.

President Puigdemont said Catalans are not 'criminals' or 'crazy', but 'normal people who want to vote', adding: 'We said we are going to have an independent state as a republic. This is what we are doing today.'

He went on: 'We have nothing against Spain and the Spanish people. We can't be forced to accept the status quo that has been forced upon us.

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Catalonia's post-dated declaration of independence: Separatist leader and MPs sign breakaway document – but say it won't be implemented for a 'few weeks' amid calls to resolve 'conflict' with Spain

Catalonia's post-dated declaration of independence: Separatist leader and MPs sign breakaway document – but say it won't be implemented for a 'few weeks' amid calls to resolve 'conflict' with Spain

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