Catalan President helps non-official independence vote?

On October 15th, the President of Catalonia gave testimony at Spain's superior court of justice. The charges were that he misused his office in the "participatory process" that allows Catalans to overwhelming vote for Catalan independence.

Above is a photo of Artur Mas, speaking his testimony in front of the Catalan government building. Here he took full responsibility for the vote, but refused to accept any criminal accusations.

I believe that this was overall a very controversial matter, and the Catalan government was overly accounted for the "crime", while the Spanish government tended to be disregard. Also, it seems unfair that the Spanish government has disobeyed many Constitutional court rulings on several occasions, and never had to take true responsibility for their actions.

Overall, 2.3 million people voted, and the unofficial process allowed for an overwhelming majority of Catalans to vote for independence. Citizen volunteers are the ones who organized the process, and only further reassures my new knowledge of how much pride and dedication Catalans have to strive for their goal-- as I see it on a day to day basis here in Barcelona