Today December 6 is now thirty-two years the creation of the English Constitution, the highest legal standard that the backbone of the operation of our country, the English Constitution ratified by referendum on December 6, 1978 by the English and English and was later sanctioned by the King on December 27 and published in the Official Gazette on December 29 that year. But the publication of this document symbolized much more than the legal structuring of the state, the signing of the constitution symbolized the beginning of a new era in the history of our country was the beginning of political transition (although many historians and authors the fact of the signing of the Constitution ended the political transition period, later in this article we argue because for us / as the transition period was not completed at that time) with the popular adoption of the Constitution our country was the Welcome to a young democracy trying to forget the long and bloody period of the dictatorship which left wounds that still today have not been completely closed, the ghost of the two Spains still present in our society. The English constitution was a clear example of liability for all those involved in the democratic transition of the time that a good negotiation exercise were able to give in search of the collective good of our society. Today
thirty-two years later we remember those moments with the news of the day and especially through the stories of our / as more witnesses and protagonists of those moments which are sensitive and we thank them for their responsibility and control through the which, today many / as we were born and raised in democracy, democracy in which we participate daily in order to further strengthen our society. So on December 6, the day is not only a rule of law but that of millions and millions of people who chose freedom from censorship, social reintegration face the firing squad, education against manipulation, sexual emotional freedom against heteronormativity ...
And because of this goal of democracy and recognition To our ancestors / as for which we perform an analysis of the state of democracy in our society is that our constitution is suffering in these days an attack worse than the attempted coup on February 23, 1981, our constitution and therefore the democracy of our country is under heavy attack by globalization, capitalism and commercialism of today. Let
some articles of our constitution are being violated now:
Article 1.
1. Spain becomes a social and democratic state of law, which holds as superior values \u200b\u200bof its legal freedom, justice, equality and political pluralism.
2. National sovereignty belongs to the English people, the bedrock of state powers.
3. The political form of the English State is a parliamentary monarchy.
When the Constitution was signed acceptance of the monarchy was a necessary element in order to return democracy to our country because he was still wide open the wounds of civil war, the war and especially the years of Franco of the victors and the vanquished, the patriots and traitors by the severe repression that our country suffered in 1978 the approach of the Third English Republic was impossible to accept the constitutional monarchy.
But now thirty-two years later we must confront the constitutional monarchy in contradiction with Article 1.2, if the national sovereignty resides in the English people and it is this which emanate the powers of the people can no longer accept that the supreme head of state is blood and not elected by popular vote through the democratic electoral system, the only state model that respects national sovereignty is the democratic Republic, this is one of the elements by which the political transition to full democracy in our society has not yet been completed but has stagnated for thirty-two years.
Article 6. Political parties express
political pluralism, they contribute to the formation and expression of popular will and are an essential instrument for political participation. Their creation and the exercise of its activities are free in respect for the Constitution and the Law The internal structure and operation must be democratic.
is undeniable that today in our society is in place a flawed two-party system (except in regions such as the de Catalunya) and one of the best examples is the unfair electoral law that we must benefit the majority and minority parties harming the third political force. But beyond that which parties benefit and harm what is really worrisome aspect of this law is that the composition of the Parliament of our country (Congress of Deputies and Senate) is not what the citizens have chosen through their votes.
Article 14.
English people are equal before the law without any discrimination on grounds of birth, race, sex, religion, political or any other condition or personal or social circumstance.
in our society are still maintain a large number of discrimination on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, national origin, race ...
Article 27.
1. Everyone has the right to education. The freedom of education.
2. Education shall be directed to the full development of human personality on respect for democratic principles of coexistence and the rights and freedoms.
3. The public authorities guarantee the right of parents to attend their children receive religious and moral instruction in accordance with their own convictions.
4. Elementary education is compulsory and free.
5. The public authorities guarantee the right of everyone to education, through general planning of education, with the effective participation of all sectors concerned and the educational establishments.
6. It recognizes individuals and legal freedom of educational establishments, in compliance with constitutional principles.
7. Teachers, parents and, where appropriate, students participate in the control and management of all schools supported by the administration of public funds, in the terms set Laley.
8. The public authorities shall inspect and standardize the educational system to ensure compliance with the law.
9. Public authorities help schools to meet the requirements established by law.
10. It recognizes the autonomy of universities in the terms established by law.
education in our country has become the currency of the two major political parties of educational legislation changing with every change of government and with each change of government increases the percentage of school failure and what is more worrisome increasing ESL. Not to mention the attack that many educational policies of the autonomous communities have done to public education by encouraging the private school or private.
addition the college has recently suffered one of the most memorable blows from academic censorship of Franco, with the approval and implementation of the Bologna university education plan, which besides the economic costs expensive college opened to private enterprise commercializing university studies.
Article 35.
1. All English citizens have a duty to work and the right to work, to free choice of profession or trade, to advancement through work, and an income sufficient to meet their needs and those of his family, but under no circumstances be discriminated against on grounds of sex.
2. The law shall regulate a Workers' Charter.
Workers as well as being the main victims of an international crisis was not created for doing so in our society are being abused / as a result of the recently passed labor reforms which have already demonstrated that neither creates jobs and promotes the creation of stable jobs but only what he has achieved is to lower further the dismissal, the creation of temporary jobs that are also the workers themselves who finance part of their own dismissals with their taxes.
Article 47. English
All are entitled to enjoy decent and adequate housing. The public authorities shall promote the necessary conditions and establish appropriate standards to make this right effective, regulating land use in accordance with the general interest to prevent speculation.
The community will participate in the benefits accruing from urban action of public bodies. The price of housing in our country still has a dimension of reach for many people, especially young people who are impossible to complete the process of independence if they do not take "economic contract for life" with the bank.
Article 48.
The public authorities shall promote conditions for free and effective participation of youth in the political, social, economic and cultural.
The autonomous region of Madrid is about to approve the deletion of the youth council of the Community of Madrid one of the organs most active youth participation in all youth policies of the Community of Madrid.
Article 50.
The public authorities shall guarantee, through adequate and periodically updated pensions, a sufficient income for citizens in old age. Also, regardless of family obligations, promote their welfare through a system of social services that address your specific health problems, housing, culture and leisure.
The current pension reform streamlining the government intends to approve pensions and in itself very poor for the cost of basic needs of many of our / as adults.
Here are some examples of articles of our constitution are violated every day and most of the time before the lack of a great many of us as.
But thirty-two years we have also made great strides strengthening democracy in our society:
Legalization of divorce in which the purpose of marriage established people and not the "divine force" or ecclesiastical courts one more step to the individual freedoms of all / as the / as citizens.
sexual freedom shapes: switching by which people may marry the same sex was a big step towards equality and respect for sexual and emotional freedom as Peter Zerolo (deputy mayor of Madrid PSOE) "Spain first arrived punctually at the rendezvous with democracy." The new abortion law: by which women can freely decide on the alteration of their pregnancy, this being a society as it was demanding for years.
The elimination of compulsory military service, "the military" from 2000 to joining the army is voluntary without having to go through a mandatory service for many people assumed an obligation against his will. Mayor
gender equality, although we still have long way to go men and women together to achieve real equality and not merely theoretical is fair to recognize the hard work that thousands of people have played in search of equality.
Thirty-two years, with its lights and shadows with their successes and their hits, thirty-two year history has made us what we are now today the day we celebrate the restoration of democracy we stolen let's stay with the successes, the joys, the good times and memories to keep us working for a much stronger democracy that allows us to remember more positives than negatives when we celebrate thirty-three year anniversary of her English constitution.
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