The 1978 Constitution continues to be the frame of reference on which the majority of Spaniards want the country's democratic coexistence to be articulated.
The citizens' appreciation of the Magna Carta is resounding
.
More than 62% of those surveyed support its content, although 45.3% of those consulted would be in favor of a review to update it to the changes experienced by society since it came into force, now 44 years ago.
However, the current climate of confrontation pol
ethics gives priority to the criteria of those who conclude that
At this time, the conditions that guarantee consensus do not exist.
between games that is essential to make such updates.
These data, extracted from the survey carried out by
Sigma Two for THE WORLD
that we publish today, certify the good reputation that the Constitution enjoys among citizens.
they are only
supporters of a "profound" change
of the current constitutional consensus, the voters of Unidas Podemos and those who swell the chapter of "Others", which mainly brings together the
followers of the pro-independence parties, partners of the Government.
A detailed analysis reveals that
the majority of PSOE voters align with the opinions of the rest of the constitutionalist parties
and not with the opinion of his investiture and government partners.
This is the case not only on the aforementioned questions of the validity and eventual reform of the Constitution, but also on the rest of the issues raised.
What points to a
greater ideological closeness of socialist voters to those of PP and Ciudadanos
with respect to the current constitutional order than to the thinking of the parties that keep Pedro Sánchez in Moncloa.
Another noteworthy reference is that, if the requested reform of the Constitution to adapt some articles to the new socio-political reality is faced, the majority of those surveyed would not only not provide the regions with greater self-government, but would instead advocate
withdraw some powers from the autonomies for the benefit of the central administration
.
A reaction that emerges -also among socialist voters- as a rebellion against the strategy of transfers to its partners consolidated by the President of the Government
in exchange for their support for the Budgets
or the urgent approval, without consensus and without parliamentary debate, of the most controversial regulations of its legislature.
It is positive to note that Spaniards are aware of how the Executive not only allows but also favors the
polarization on the constitutional consensus that bases solidarity progress
of all the towns of Spain.
It is up to the Government to take note and correct a drift of concessions that only leads to social fracture and
weakening of the rule of law the way illiberal regimes perpetrate it.
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