Forging and Demise
The plan was announced by the former lehendakari (Basque region President) Juan Jose Ibarretxe in September 2001 before the Basque parliament's plenary of general politics but the actual contents of the proposal were not been made public until July 2003, after being leaked to the press. It was officially presented on October 25, 2003. The Basque Parliament's plenary approved it on 2004 December 30 by a narrow margin of 39 votes in favour to 35 opposed.
Since it radically affects the content of the current Spanish Constitution the proposal was sent on January 2005 to the Spanish Parliament to be debated and voted, being refused on February 1 by 313 votes against (PSOE, PP, IU, Canarian Coalition and CHA), 29 votes in favour (PNV, ERC, CiU, EA, Na-Bai and BNG) and 2 abstentions (IC-V).
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