Nigel wrote on Oct 4^th, 2014 at 9:26pm:

A great view of the 'Consulta' published in El País.. :-? Let's see if I understand. We have to vote on 9 -N a few confusing questions that no one understands , without any information, in an illegal query that does not have any international support , with a cost of " only " nine million euros and driven by a party with headquarters seized by corruption and alleged founder, for now, for tax evasion . Am I wrong ? http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/30/opinion/1412097815_099501.html

That's pretty much sums it up. Not only did the founder of CIU, Pujol, alledgedly impose a 3-5% kickback policy on public contracts but a certain Artur Mas was in charge of the public works department from 1995 to 1997. Apparently he knew nothing of this practice...