The investiture has been difficult, but the legislature is not going easy. On the one hand, the problems are evident and demand urgent solutions. And, on the other hand, the majority that has made the investiture possible is not exempt from certain contradictions. Programmatic definitions that do not always coincide and, furthermore, problems between the groups that make up the majority. The outlook is not simple, but it is in everyone's interest that the government governs and that the decisions made contribute positively to resolving the issues that affect everyday reality. Govern to land in the field of solutions.
The first big problem is found in political polarization. The transversality that many problems demand does not seem possible; and, in any case, broad-based agreements that lighten the inevitable burden of some solutions. But no matter how difficult it is, you don't have to give up right away. We must trust that the existing radical polarization will focus on some essentially political issues, freeing from this tension other more pragmatic aspects of clear economic and social impact. Will it be possible? It's not clear, but it would be nice.
As problematic as this inter-block polarization is, intra-block polarization can be. That is, the need for some formations to excessively single out their participation in the majority of the government and even the institutions and the necessary balance between their respective constitutional roles.
However, in this regard, after previous statements of very different nature, the political groups that have agreed on the investiture vote now emphasize that “Spain is characterized by being a democracy and a State of law in which the principle of legality , the democratic principle and respect for fundamental rights are configured as essential pillars.”
Along these lines, in the preamble of the amnesty bill, it is also highlighted that "since 1978, Spain has had a constitutional text comparable to that of the countries around us, which guarantees fundamental rights individually considered and preserves the rights ideological and political of all”, agreeing on the “solidity of the democratic system”. All this, in the end, leads the proponents to point out that their particular objectives must be processed within the constitutional legal system. Well, this should give a certain fluidity to the decisions that have to be made to address issues that affect the daily problems of citizens. The discrepancies, logically, remain; but they are more limited.
Despite everything, we must accept that governing will be difficult. But this cannot be presented as anyone's success. It is one thing for it to be difficult and another to propose to make it even more difficult. All citizens pay the costs of the difficulty and this cannot be a success for anyone. Settling into polarization or extreme singularization.
The international environment does not allow us to delay decisions. Internal conflicts do not hide the importance of the consequences of conflicts that come from outside.
Now it's time to govern and this is the responsibility of the Government. But also, to the extent possible, of all those who make up the popular representation. We would all gain credibility.
