One problem that creeps Spain for years is no separation of power. In Spain there is only one power: Executive. The Constitution states that political parties will have a democratic ... But neither candidate is that democracy becomes effective. Parliamentarians have a representative office ... but function as if it were imperative for parties that put on the lists. Judges are independent ... but the governing body and the highest courts are elected by the parliament ... which includes the orders of the party in power. He who rules the government sends in the game, split the order of the lists, has the power over decisions in the legislature, which elects the court.
You feel a healthy envy when he sees U.S. President has to beg
vote by vote among his own party to move forward with a proposal. Here, none of them say a word occurs higher than the other to the maximum leader
. And here PP and PSOE are equal ... do the same. But of this we have spoken often advocate for open lists in small districts or majority system in the same small constituencies ... a dream against party politics.
But now my attention is, following the recent ruling by the Constitutional on Bildu, is the politicization of justice. It goes without saying that the Constitutional Court although it is called, is not a court. Is behaving as such, but it is not. It is a political body and its sole mission is to ensure that it complied with in the process of constitutional rights or that the laws conform to the Constitution or not. Judging the evidence, disregard or accept their mission is not, and if so, what is bad. But it's also within the courts, the most political of them all: the members are elected by the Chambers (Congress and Senate) and are priced and eventually mandate to obey the instructions of the parties that elected them. Which, after the Court of Cassation (court last true), many already announced that in the Constitution that could change because most of it is progressive
says a lot of confidence to give us their decision. The worst thing is that we were wrong. We knew it would be two clear blocks ... and there.
judges' decisions in matters having to do with politics are predictable. I'm not saying they are not independent, I can not tell, but with the current system which must of course who elected them, the question is already in place. And that's not good. The judges (and prosecutors) should be independent and it must change in the methods of choice of the higher courts, so that independence (with which we fill the mouth) is real and not a mere word. But the problem is, what the parties want to give up absolute power they enjoy? Bought impunity in exchange for our freedom, what will leave willingly? Look, I am pessimistic.
