MADRID, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish government would "take measures" if a unilateral declaration of independence takes place in Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia, Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said on Monday.
In an interview with a local radio station, Saenz de Santamaria said that in case the president of the regional government of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, declared independence of the region, there would be a "response" by the Spanish government.
"I do not know how Puigdemont will write his speech, but if he declares independence unilaterally ... and the government, through the Spanish senate, has to take measures", she explained.
Puigdemont is set to appear in the parliament of Catalonia on Tuesday after Monday meeting was suspended by the Spanish Constitutional Court.
Saenz de Santamaria also said that these measures will try to make less damage, adding that the government is ready to respond to any decision of Puigdemont as "we have to place ourselves in any scene, considering all of them".
