The way out of the situation around the Catalan referendum can be found only through the law and political dialogue, RIA Novosti reported Saturday referring to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
"Here in Spain, nobody is above the law. The law comes first, and then everything else. Laws can be changed, and, of course, they change. But if someone wants to change them, it is necessary to do so in accordance with the law itself. Should we act otherwise, the whole system and the rules that we all agreed to abide, are destroyed," Rajoy said at the meeting of the People's Party in Guadalajara.
"Law and dialogue - that's the way out of the situation," the prime minister said, noting that the leadership of the autonomous community "cannot do whatever it wants."
On Saturday, Catalonia's President Artur Mas met with 800 mayors of different cities and municipalities of Catalonia, which support the holding of a referendum.
"Of course, there are many doubts and difficulties," Mas said, while noting that "now is the time to look at the power of the Catalan people and continue to move forward, despite the hostility of the state."
According to the plans of the Catalonian authorities, on November 9, the Catalans will be asked two questions: "Do you want Catalonia to become a state?" and "If yes, do you want Catalonia to become an independent country?"
The vast majority of the inhabitants of Catalonia (70.8 percent) support holding a referendum on the independence of autonomy, according to the results of the poll by the Catalan Opinion Studies Center (CEO), released on Friday.