King without placet

Although for some time now

have been talked about much more than it would surely be convenient for the

, the

is an arcane for the majority of citizens.

This is not but one more of the many deficits that we have in political culture.

And, thus, it is so common to hear, even from the mouths of undocumented leaders, appeals to

to do or say what he can neither do nor say -since this is not the absolute monarchy of

but a system in which the

has very short wings-, like being surprised that whoever holds the highest magistracy of the country needs permission from the

on duty to go anywhere.

This is what has happened again as a result of the great exclusive of this newspaper about the lack of

's placet so that the King could support the first great act of tribute to the police and civil guards who defeated

that was preparing in

.

The stupor of a good part of the citizenry is comparable to that produced by that veto that prevented Felipe VI from attending

the delivery of the offices of new judges in

In both cases, Moncloa's refusals would respond to a clear interest in not stirring up the independence movement.

The Government

and Marlaska returns to remain as the flat one when knowing his new genuflection before the

left .

But as far as the King is concerned, this is another episode that reveals to what extent something as fundamental in any parliamentary Monarchy as the figure of

has been poorly resolved .

There are no doubts about its essentiality in the normative and due acts of the King, always backed by the subject with countersigning power on duty, well clarified in our

.

Little can be done there, beyond trusting that no Executive tries to make the Monarch swallow with mill wheels, which is a lot of trust.

It is, however, more doubtful and tricky that for other types of acts and actions such as showing support for the police forces that

against ETA, a government can exercise its prerogative of real endorsement with an unlimited margin of discretion and turning the Head of State into a kind of minor politician whose permits are swindled to

.

Constitutionalist experts emphasize that this is one of the gray areas of our form of government that is difficult to solve.

And entrust everything to the necessary

that every Government of the Monarchy owes to its monarch.

But oh, how some rulers like to wallow in disloyalty.

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