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  • Tribune Article 99: A useless and necessary reform, by Jorge de Esteban
  • Opinion: Investigation and inappropriate reforms, by Antonio Torres del Moral
  • Newspaper library. Article 99 of the Constitution, a hornet for Felipe VI in the formation of Government
  • July 2019.Pedro Sánchez proposes to reform the Constitution so that it governs the most voted list

The Government of Pedro Sánchez is on duty and on the way to the polls but this does not prevent that in the cataract of reproaches crossed by the failure to substantiate an investiture, introduce the constitutional reform variable as a "tool to prevent a minority from imposing a blocking ", in the words of the holder of the Treasury María Jesús Montero.

Sanchez's idea of ​​recovering article 99 of the Magna Carta is thus recovered in order to prevent the investiture of those who have won elections from being impeded, although, as is the case today, their support is far from the absolute majority.

Montero has argued that the Spanish institutional gear is designed for bipartisanship so that, now, given the plurality of parliamentary formations, it is ineffective to "prevent a minority from being created with the right to impose vetoes." "The rule of law," he added in conversation with reporters in Congress , "has no tools to avoid blockages; at the time we will propose to change it."

The acting finance minister has, however, been the only member of the Government, who has recognized the need for "self-criticism." "All parties have to do it," he said after admitting that he "understands" that blame is now blamed on who had more leadership. In his opinion, if there is something to be regretted about the strategy deployed by the PSOE, it is the fact of not having negotiated "policies and program" with United We first instead of sharing portfolios and power quotas.

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