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The article 1.2 of the Spanish Constitution states: > La soberanía nacional reside en el pueblo español, del que emanan los poderes del Estado. (The national
by notspanishflu 9y ago
The article 1.2 of the Spanish Constitution states:
> La soberanía nacional reside en el pueblo español, del que emanan los poderes del Estado.
(The national sovereignty resides in the Spanish people, from which emanate the powers of the State.)
- JaumeGreen 9y agoNo one under 57 has voted on this constitution. It should be modernised.
- icebraining 9y agoDo you think it would matter? I don't think most of the country supports the Catalonian independence, so it would probably remain as-is on that issue.
- notspanishflu 9y agoSo every generation has to vote a new constitution?
- kaffee 9y agoYes. Thomas Jefferson said something along those lines. I think every generation might be a little extreme. Every other generation, certainly.
- baxtr 9y agoAnd which other country is doing this today?
- dogma1138 9y agoThe US has been amending the constitution about once every generation or so the last amendment was in 1992.
- baxtr 9y agoSure, many countries change parts of their constitution from time to time, usually through a parliament. The question was however: "So every generation has to vote a new constitution?" because earlier someone was questioning the Spanish constitution since "no one under 57 has voted on it".
- dogma1138 9y agoIt’s the same thing. You would also want to note that many constitutions in Europe aren’t that old many were rewritten following WW2 and those which weren’t are often modified and ratified. There is no legal difference between adding or removing parts of a constitution and voting on a new one. You still need to approve a new constitution and ratify it. If you start from scratch it means that you either didn’t have a codified constitution or it was really shitty but those are pretty unique cases. I really don’t see a problem of revising a constitution once every 25-50 years.
- baxtr 9y agoI don’t think I follow. What is then exactly now the difference if you compare Spain with other countries?
- keymon 9y agoSpain changed the constitution in August 2011 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/aug/26/spain-constitutional-cap-deficit https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/aug/26/spain-const... It was to satisfy banks, but for the sake of your argumentation, they changed it.
- 6t6t6t6 9y agoAlso, when my parents voted for the constitution, the other option what to go back for the dictatorship. For them, not being beaten by the police for speaking Catalan, was a huge step forward in terms of human rights.
- notspanishflu 9y agoSo you say the options were do you want democracy or we are going to resurrect Franco? hahahahaha Nobody ever was beating for speaking Catalan. Ever.