title: Catalan government mulling calling snap election: pro-independence party CUP
text: MADRID (Reuters) - The Catalan government is considering calling a snap election, pro-independence party CUP politician Carles Riera said on Tuesday, though he added that the far-left party would oppose such a move.  The regional elections are a weapon to cancel the Oct.1 (referendum) and the will of the majority of Catalonia,  Riera told a news conference. Secessionists in Catalonia say that a banned independence vote held on Oct. 1 - which drew only a 43 percent turnout and was mostly shunned by Catalans who wish to remain in Spain - has accorded them a mandate to claim statehood. 