The nonexistence of the already known as a phantom committee is just one more botch, but illustrative of the chaos from which the de-escalation has been managed in Spain. This lack of coordination explains another sad leadership of our country, at the European head of the contagion rate due to outbreaks . Having led the number of deaths per inhabitant and the number of infected by health, among other marks for shame, we could have expected more responsibility from our leaders.

For weeks Moncloa protected its decisions in the expert judgment of a committee made up of scientists from various areas. Fernando Simón even refused to reveal their identities so as not to add "more pressure" on them . But this concealment was illegal, since both the Transparency Law and the General Health Law oblige the Government to offer details of its advisers. Now forced by the complaint filed with the Transparency Committee, the director of Public Health acknowledges the evaluation of the health situation of the communities was basically the responsibility of the Minister of Health. Which comes to agree with Isabel Díaz Ayuso when she demanded in the courts to clarify the reasons why Madrid was denied phase progress. Salvador Illa, who is a politician, decided.

This revelation perfectly exemplifies the demoralizing modus operandi of the Government in this crisis, more attentive to controlling public opinion than to designing a sanitary, legal and economic response chastened by experience and adjusted to efficiency as the sole pattern. He went from concentrating extraordinary powers under the state of alarm to abandoning himself, abandoning all responsibility in the hands of autonomies without the capabilities of the state of alarm. In too many cases, communities have also failed to exercise due diligence in recruiting trackers or combining economic revival with clear social hygiene restrictions. To make matters worse, Moncloa's obsession with giving up the battle against the virus in order to stimulate the economy has met with diplomatic failure caused by the quarantine of the United Kingdom or the dissuasive recommendations of Germany. To a severe confinement to compensate for the lack of initial forecast, a sloppy mess happened due to the economic urgency. Result: not only is the entire summer tourist campaign in jeopardy, but Spain returns to contagion figures for May . And to top it all, the statistical disorder between administrations when it comes to counting positives has not been solved, which makes it impossible to present reliable country data to the world.

This continuous feeling of improvisation is unbearable. No one assumes responsibilities or sets the course straight. Like the lousy students, Spain leaves everything for September. And by then everything will be worse.

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