Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday she respected Britain’s Supreme Court decision to deny the right to legislate to organize a second referendum, but said the voice of nationalists “will not be silenced.”
“Although I am disappointed, I respect the decision of the UK High Court: it does not make laws, it only interprets them,” she tweeted.
The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) believes that the problem lies in the school autonomy law, which she considers “exposes as a myth any notion of the United Kingdom as a voluntary association.”
“Scottish democracy will not be hampered. The current government blocks the way for Scotland’s voice on independence to be heard, but in a democracy our voice cannot and will not be silenced,” he added, forwarding a full statement for later. .
The UK High Court ruled on Wednesday that the Scottish regional parliament cannot legislate holding a second referendum on the independence of the British province at the request of the home rule.
In a sentence read by the president of the court of last instance [equivalente ao Tribunal Constitucional em Portugal]Robert Reed said that “the Scottish Parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence.”
The judges’ body unanimously confirmed that questions of sovereignty are reserved for Parliament in Westminster in London, in accordance with the Scottish Home Rule Act 1998.
“Scotland Act gives limited powers to the Scottish Parliament. In particular, the Scottish Parliament has no power to legislate in relation to matters that are reserved to the UK Parliament at Westminster,” Reed explained.
Source: TSF
