Vote in conscience

No legal mandate prevents a deputy from breaking the voting discipline that his political party tries to impose on him. The constituents wanted to legally safeguard the vote in conscience of public representatives, explaining, in article 67.2 of the Magna Carta , that "the members of the General Courts will not be bound by imperative mandate." In addition, according to article 79.3, "the vote of Senators and Deputies is personal and non-delegable." Margarita Robles knew it well, in October 2016, when, together with 14 other deputies of the socialist group, she voted against the investiture of Rajoy , contravening what the Federal Committee of the PSOE had decided, then led by a management company, at the head of the which was Javier Fernández . "The Constitution," Margarita Robles explained to justify her indiscipline, "expressly says that there is no imperative mandate for any deputy." It is certain that the current Minister of Defense, forgetting her long career as a magistrate, would not say the same before the possibility that some socialist deputy decided not to be complicit in the illegitimate agreement of Sanchez with those who want to repeal the Constitution.

Among the rebels of just over three years ago were, along with Robles, names such as those of Meritxell Batet or Manuel Cruz , also rewarded with important charges by Pedro Sánchez when he recovered the socialist general secretariat and arrived at La Moncloa with a motion of censorship None of them were sanctioned by the party, although the internal regulation of the PSOE provides for the most important cases the expulsion or, in less serious situations, a fine of up to 600 euros for those who do not comply with the resolutions of the Federal Congress. The latter was the sanction imposed on Batet, Carmen Chacón and 12 other parliamentarians when they voted, contrary to what was ordered by Rubalcaba , in favor of a CiU proposal on a sovereignist consultation in Catalonia within the law. If today some of the 120 deputies of the PSOE decided to vote in conscience, it is likely that Pedro Sánchez was not so forgiving of them.

And yet, it is now more necessary than ever to challenge the conscience of the socialist representatives who, in private, are shocked with the assignments of Sánchez to the independence workers and who represent the majority feeling of their voters, since only 27% PSOE voters are inclined to agree with ERC , which was denied by Sánchez during the campaign. Brave decisions such as Ana Oramas , who risks being expelled from the Canary Coalition, are an example of coherence to try to avoid the abyss that threatens Spain, with an unscrupulous president who is willing to open a process to remain in power de facto constituent that would fragment the state.

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