| | Odontocat: History of Catalonia < The Second Modern Generalitat, Reestablished Between 1977 and 1980 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | This was done to emphasise the continuity of the Institution, which had symbolically continued in exile. |
 | | As a result, on 29 September 1977, the Generalitat de Catalunya was reestablished by royal decree and Josep Tarradellas returned to his country after an exile of forty years to be recognised as President of the Generalitat. |
 | | Shortly thereafter, a commission of experts appointed by the Catalan Assembly composed of Members of Parliament who had been elected in the June 1977 elections began drafting the Statute of Autonomy known, after the place where it was drawn up, as the Statute of Sau. |
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