 This law was abolished by General Francisco Franco after the Spanish Civil War, largely because Catalonia had been a region opposed to the Nationalist forces, and during his rule Catalan culture, language, and self-rule were harshly suppressed.The Generalitat de Catalunya is the institution in which the self-government of Catalonia is politically organised.It consists of the Parliament, the President of the Generalitat and the Executive Council or Government of Catalonia.