"With the institutional loyalty practiced by this government, I say that the resolution must be complied with, despite not being shared." With these words, the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, began his institutional declaration. He has referred to the "maximum gravity" of the decision of the Constitutional Court, adopted in "a short time and with a meager majority."
In this sense, it has indicated that the TC has decided to limit the legislative capacity, a fact that had not happened before. For this reason, he has pointed out that in 1985 an article that prevented parliamentary debate was repealed. For Bolaños, seriousness is also supported by the fact that the TC has paralyzed its own renewal and that some magistrates have decided with their vote "their own future
For the minister it is not a conflict between parties, it is a battle "between those who comply with the Constitution and those who have not complied with it for four years." However, he has accused the PP of wanting to control Parliament when it does not have a majority and of having resorted to the courts to stop all the advances of Spanish society.
Bolaños has assured that the Government will guarantee the rights of citizens and has conveyed calm about the situation "in the face of those who cross the limits." "Democracy and the Constitution will make their way, despite the difficulties," he concluded.
The president of the Congress of Deputies, Meritxell Batet, in an institutional statement, has announced compliance with and respect for the TC's decision. She has criticized the situation of blockade of the institutions and the constitutional mandate of renewal for delegitimizing the democratic process. In her statement, she has referred to the loyalty of Congress to all the powers of the state. "Congress is always guided by the regulations and compliance with the Constitution to exercise its powers."
Batet has denounced that the resolution adopted by the Constitutional Court has the effect of "an unprecedented event", since from now on the exercise of "legislative power is within the reach of a single deputy when filing an appeal for amparo".
The president of Congress has expressed her deep concern about the loss of powers of the legislative power and the exercise of its powers. She has considered that in the framework of the relations of the courts and Justice in the last 40 years, "the suspensive activity of parliamentary debate and the legislative power recognized in article 66" had never been contemplated.
"Our supreme order guarantees and preserves the free formation of the legislative bodies through debate and deliberation and voting, without interference," he added. For this reason, he has announced the presentation of arguments to "defend parliamentary autonomy and defend the functions of the legislative branch."
For your part. The president of the Senate, Ander Gil, made an institutional statement in which he stated that “Today is an unusual day for democracy. In forty-four years of democracy, the Cortes Generales had never been stripped of their power to legislate. It prevents the legitimate representatives of popular sovereignty from their work”.
"We can only abide by and comply with the provisions of the Constitutional Court, which will not be an obstacle, the ways to preserve parliamentary autonomy are studied," Gil pointed out.
For the president of the Upper House “A step is being taken in the degradation of the democratic system. Bypassing the Cortes supposes a serious breach and leads us to an unprecedented institutional crisis for our democracy”.
"What is happening today will have a high cost in democratic terms" added Gil, who nonetheless stated that "we will be able to preserve the inviolability and prevalence of the Cortes Generales".
