Sir Winston Churchill is credited with the phrase: "If you don't want something to be known, create a commission of inquiry." If so, it is possible that he was inspired by Napoleon, who declared that "if you want something done, name a person in charge, but if you want it to be delayed forever, create a commission." In Spain, the Constitution includes the investigation commissions in its article 76, something that had never before been reflected in a Magna Carta of the country, which is considered an instrument of political control. Another thing is that its result is disappointing, because, being designed to seek political responsibilities, they end up being used as a public spectacle.
Tomorrow, the investigation commission of the Catalonia operation must hold the first meeting to set the calendar, before going on to negotiate the appearances. It does not seem that neither the PSOE nor the PP have a great interest in it, to the point that it had been frozen in Congress for six months, but it was unblocked by the news that an investigative court in Madrid had opened a criminal case for the first time after the complaint by former Barça president Sandro Rosell, who spent two years in jail before being declared innocent.
The Socialists have proposed Ferran Bel (PDECat) to chair it in a clear nod to moderate Catalanism, but it remains to be seen if the PSOE ends up accepting the appointment of Mariano Rajoy.
The investigative commissions of the Congress, although they are not binding in the judicial field, have the advantage that those appearing in them cannot lie in them. Although in fascicles, we have learned about the atrocities that were committed from power to stop the process, which led to the collapse of banks, companies and the honor of people. What remains to be determined is who authorized such an attack on democracy from the Government.
The feeling is that the inability to seek political solutions to the struggle of the independentistas with the State led senior executive officers to break the rules of the game of democracy. And there is still the stain on the suit. Democracy needs this commission to be its Cebralin.
