Democratic overflow in Spain

Is it a mirage? Or just a sham, like the 15M? What is certain is that the Spanish democratic monarchy has no basis for surviving in this 21st century, at least under the seal of democracy. But it is true that we are insistently trying to be convinced.

The Royal Spanish Academy of Language gives up to five direct definitions. It is difficult to choose the one that correctly defines the current Spanish regime. Perhaps the most appropriate is "Representative Democracy", of which we read: "which is exercised through representatives arising from free and periodic elections". Yes, with that pompous filling of "free and periodic". Only the Spanish ones have the real supervision of Felipe VI, by a right contemplated in the Magna Carta of the Spanish State. The monarchical intrusion would be difficult to contemplate in any definition of democracy.

On the other hand, the Spanish have become specialists in breaking into foreign Spanish-speaking democracies, as is currently happening with the Republic of Venezuela. Both the Bourbon monarchy and the different Spanish governments mediate in favor of multinationals and the imperialism of the markets, openly publicizing it, using public money to carry out these campaigns.

The "democratic overflow" comes up in connection with what recently happened in Catalonia, may they forgive me in that nation if the term I use is not correct. The truth is that Spanish "democracy" prohibits by law any type of localized popular consultation; whether in the Canary Islands, in Catalonia, or anywhere in the Spanish state and its overseas possessions.

We are talking about the same democracy that has closed magazines, newspapers, radio stations and any means of communication that gets out of hand. The "democracy" that prohibits political parties; the one that sentences citizens who are supposed not to have committed a political crime to not being able to participate in their "democratic" politics. I wonder what would have happened if Nelson Mandela, in South Africa, had been applied the Spanish "democratic" legislation that they want Otegui to comply with; surely apartheid and the daily massacre of that fascist regime would still be alive.

In any case, I do want to point out that the "democratic overflow" was an approach by Antonio Cubillo (D.E.P.) at the beginning of the 21st century. Where the Canarian independentist, raised to others the possibility of carrying out a popular consultation in the Canary Islands on independence. As we all know, this did not go ahead.  

In Spain, the fear of authentic democracy is so great that they are now determined to make us believe that the elections of last December are being repeated. When that is just a false lie; these are new elections and the current one is the shortest legislature of the post-Franco era.  

With all this, I still do not declare myself pro-abstentionist -we will see later- since voting is the way to take power away from the right of the PP, that of Cuidadanos, Coalición Canaria, the PSOE and I do not know how many more Spanish political forces. It gives me that I keep adding, in the end, yes, this time I am accidentally abstentionist.

 

*Pedro M. González Cánovas, member of ANC.

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