López Miras appeals to the “common interest” that the Constitution embodies in the face of “trenches and vetoes”
The president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, asked today, Constitution Day, to follow the example of the speakers in charge of drafting it in 1978, since “they were capable of putting the common interest ahead of partisan victories, without trenches or vetoes.”
Thus, he appealed to the “spirit of harmony and respect” that the Magna Carta embodies, and in reference to the current situation in Spain, he warned that “causing division and creating sides as tools to exercise politics only leads to social rupture, which is something very far from constitutional principles.”
Along these lines, he stressed that “it was the dialogue between different people and mutual recognition that made democratic Spain possible” and, therefore, “celebrating the Constitution is celebrating unity, coexistence, understanding and equality.”
The president, who is attending today in Madrid the institutional event organized by the Congress of Deputies to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the Constitution, valued “the contribution of the autonomous communities so that our country advances and grows in democracy.” The president assured that the Region of Murcia will continue to “contribute to this common project to make Spain more, but we will also always maintain our demand for equality.”
For the head of the regional Executive, every December 6 “we must recognize this great pact forged between Spaniards, because it has provided our country with a framework of stability that has been a lever for progress.” The top regional official also highlighted that the new generations “must be aware of the value of constitutional principles, and the importance of protecting and preserving them.”
López Miras recalled that, precisely with that intention, “in the Region of Murcia we have been the first autonomous community to introduce in this course an optional subject on the Spanish Constitution and the European Union”, which 400 students are already taking.
Finally, the president reaffirmed that “equality, justice and freedom”, enshrined by the Constitution along with political pluralism as superior values of the legal system, “are the essence of democracy, and defending democracy is maintaining and guaranteeing the validity of those values.” “Hand in hand with the Spanish Constitution we will all walk towards a better and safer future,” concluded the president. (EP)
