Felipe VI
has amply demonstrated
that he is a prudent and thorough man and that in the face of the many adverse situations that he is having to confront, he is neither daunted nor loses his nerves or papers, something so common among a large part of our disheartened political class.
Aware of the
anticipation of his Christmas Eve speech
, he once again impressed on his words a charge of depth that has dominated almost all of his speeches since 2014. This is a King who listens a lot and who speaks when he has to.
blar.
And of course it is necessary to hide behind a numantine sectarianism to not recognize him
empathy and maximum concern for real problems
, without ignoring those that affect the institution he embodies. Felipe VI expressed himself clearly and forcefully last night.
"The moral and ethical principles oblige us all without exceptions; and they are above any consideration, of whatever nature, even personal or family ones"
.
His words convey to the public first of all that, as head of the Crown, he does not put himself in profile, much less before the crisis that the institution suffers due to the scandals of his father's private nature.
But they go further.
Without the need to name him, Don Felipe, who at all times is acting as King and not as son, such is his obligation,
censured the reprehensible behaviors of Juan Carlos I
, because, regardless of their judicial journey,
The current Monarch has set the highest possible standard in the exemplary nature of the members of the Royal Family
, which must act according to impeccable ethical principles. Words enjoy all credibility and the necessary authority because they are supported by facts.
Just remember that
Juan Carlos I was removed from all institutional responsibility a year and a half ago
, that later his son withdrew his official assignment and made a public resignation to any inheritance that may correspond to him of opaque origin, and that more recently he ordered his father to leave the residence in the Palace of La Zarzuela or these days he has made him understand that he should not return to Spain.
Hopefully in other institutions, let alone in the political parties, we would find so much decision and so much real demand for exemplarity in cases of a similar nature
.
Rather, the opposite is true, unfortunately, but this was not a speech about the Monarchy.
Neither could nor should it be, even though the parties that today make up the Government of the Nation have tried to do so in a pressure campaign as shameful as it is unacceptable, even with different interests.
Don Felipe has preserved his autonomy and independence, without yielding to spurious coercion of the political power
.
This is the Christmas Message and the King has attended mainly to the greatest concerns of the Spanish, as is his obligation.
His accurate X-ray on the consequences of
pandemic
, his exquisite and sincere support for the victims - the same that has been sorely missed these months by those who govern us - or his demand to the public powers to reinforce aid to the victims and ask for emphasis on job creation, along with to the call to hope that vaccines offer us, they could not be more opportune, as is the
firm and committed defense that, once again, made the Constitution and the values that emanate from it
.
He is the Head of State, he has a fundamental leadership role at the head of the nation.
And how many Spaniards have not felt comforted by such a clear message when
we are witnessing precisely the attempt to demolish the constitutional order
And, what is as serious as it is unprecedented, this is the main objective of a party sitting in the same Council of Ministers.
The
auctoritas
of Don Felipe comes out, of course, reinforced with a speech that confirms that,
If the 3-O knew how to act, now it has known how to be
.
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