It was inevitable that the procés sentence would star in the National Holiday . Because the independence challenge in Catalonia - a process that is still going on, do not forget - is the biggest attack on our democracy since the recovery of freedoms, and the Supreme Court's ruling, whose master lines advanced EL MUNDO yesterday, represents, before nothing, the triumph and solidity of the rule of law against those who intend to overthrow the constitutional order, framework of coexistence and legal certainty that makes all Spaniards free and equal citizens .

The latter is what we claim every October 12. And we can do it with the pride of belonging to one of the oldest nations in Europe, which has contributed to forging its identity and has starred in historical events as transcendental as the Discovery of America or the culmination of the first return to the globe by Magallanes and Elcano exactly 500 years ago. How could it be otherwise, that amazing company was also recognized yesterday during the Military Parade presided by the Kings. The look at that common past, but above all the present and the future that we Spaniards share in a modern and democratic nation absolutely homologous to any of our surroundings , makes stopping the secessionist coup in Catalonia the most important state issue in these moments, which concerns, of course, all public authorities, starting with those who have the responsibility to govern, but also the whole of the Spaniards, aware after episodes such as the 1-O that freedoms do not defend themselves nor are they guaranteed per se , but demand an active civic patriotism. Renan already said that the nation is a daily plebiscite.

The Supreme Court will condemn nine of the 12 accused for sedition for the independence challenge. The ruling, which will be unanimous, must still be signed by all magistrates, as highlighted by the president of the Second Chamber, Manuel Marchena , during the reception at the Royal Palace. It will not be made public until Monday or Tuesday. We must wait to know all the ends of the sentence in order to analyze it, but from the independence movement President Torra and the fugitive Puigdemont rushed to urge his people to rebel in the streets . Let us trust that any mobilization for the sentence is limited to the right of manifestation enshrined in the Constitution. But, in any case, if those who have the responsibility in Catalonia to guarantee the safety of all encourage insurrection, we wonder what the government will expect to apply the National Security Law .

He knows well the independence movement that has lost its battle against the unity of Spain. But in the next elections it is also at stake to what extent weapons are still being given to persist in such a harmful war for all.

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