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Lawful consequences
On February 6, 2017, a trial against the former president of the Government of Catalonia Artur Mas, the former vice president Joana Ortega and the former Catalan education minister Irene Rigau was held by the Catalan Justice Supreme Court. They are accused of serious civil disobedience and perverting the course of justice for having authorized the unofficial Catalan self-determination referendum, 2014 on November 9 2014 regardless of its prohibition previously dictated by the Constitutional Court of Spain. Prosecutors are calling for Artur Mas to be disqualified from office for 10 years, while Ortega and Rigau for 9. The trial focuses on the events since the suspension decided by the Constitutional Court on 4 November 2014, until the beginning of the popular vote, on November 9, where 2.3 million people voted, 80.7% in favor of independence.