This Monday, the ABC organized the central event of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Restoration of the Spanish Monarchy, and it did so “with two great masters,” as the ABC director in Seville commented at the beginning of his speech, Albert … Garcia Reyesreferring to Jose Antonio Zarzalejos and Ignacio Camacho. All three played a starring role in the encounter “50 years of the Restoration of the Monarchy in Spain”which was sponsored by the Royal Maestranza de Caballería in Seville.
Zarzalejos began his words by thanking ABC and Maestranza. As well as the personality of the former director of ABC in Seville, Alvaro YbarraWhich he described as “the master of journalism from Andalusia and Spain.”
From there, the former ABC director commented: “In 1975, there was a different monarchy than in 1978, which is when the proclamation of the constitution was approved.” In this sense, he pointed out that “Don Juan Carlos received delegated powers from Franco and used them to return it to popular sovereignty. For the first time in Europe, a constitution was voted on as a parliamentary monarchy, and the constitution recognized this.
Ignacio Camacho has shown himself very grateful to the Spanish monarchy because “You gave me the best fifty years of my life and our lives.”. Likewise, he asserted, “Those of us who have become adults have succeeded in normalizing the Crown, but I worry about generational separation from it and the Constitution.”
In this regard, Zerzalejos pointed out that according to the latest surveys conducted on the monarchy, “the percentage of adherence to the crown and the king is about 70 or 75 percent. The element on which we must establish constitutional authority is the Crown». El Confidencial journalist added that in current politics “we have not had a state budget for three years, we negotiate with people like Otegui and we rule by decrees of laws. For this reason, From the Constitution remains the judicial power and the Crown. In Spain, we must spread the functional value of property and strengthen national unity.
Immediately afterwards, Camacho said that “in the monarchy there is a gap between Catalonia and the Basque Country,” but Zarzalejos explained that “There is a lot of hypocrisy in Basque nationalism, because formality is protected by the Crown CharterAnd it is ignored there. Basque society is generally anti-republican. In 1938 he was about to leave with Mola. Regarding Catalonia, the former ABC director said that “the aristocracy complicated relations with the Republic.” He then emphasized that the Crown “has an essential role in the three Basque provinces, in Navarra and Catalonia.”
For his part, Alberto García Reyes analyzed the political scandals occurring in Spain today. “We are in a vortex where things are happening that no one ever expected to happen.” Likewise, it has been suggested If there could be an “attempt” to eliminate the king’s character.
“The monarchy has a fundamental role in the three Basque provinces of Navarra and Catalonia.”
Regarding this last question, Zerzalejos opined that “In Spain, touching the head of state doesn’t seem reasonable to me. It may be rude, but Spain has always been a monarchy. The First Republic ended with cantons and had no constitution, and the Second Republic was a real disaster». For all this, the journalist confirmed that “In these moments of national turmoil, the Crown was turned to as an element of integration.n. “I do not know whether the level of criticism directed at the monarchy in countries such as Denmark, Norway, Sweden or the United Kingdom is this great, but they are the countries with the strongest economic level and the freest.”
García Reyes praised the character of Felipe VI by asserting that he “overcomes a demonic test.” Moreover, he said that he “enjoys great stature as a statesman and as a king. There is nothing more progressive in this country than the monarchy. The King guarantees the freedoms stipulated in the 1978 Constitution.
The three participants in this meeting also praised Don Felipe for the decisive moments he lived during his reign, such as when he delivered the speech on October 3, 2017 after celebrating the self-determination referendum in Catalonia, where He condemned “unacceptable disloyalty to state authorities.”.
Another question that has been raised is whether Part II of the Constitution, where the succession to the Crown is discussed, should be reformed. Zerzalejos explained this “Part Two should be put in place with a set of reforms, as Article 78 will also be put in place.”.
They also addressed topics such as the cohabitation between Don Juan Carlos and Don Felipe after the former’s abdication. In this regard, Zerzalejos pointed out that “That coexistence was difficult because Don Felipe learned some things that he did not know, and that was unprecedented.. It is also unprecedented in Spain for a king to publish his memoirs during his lifetime. “Luis María Anson wrote some extraordinary memoirs about Don Juan, but did not allow them to be published until after his death.”
“There is nothing more progressive in this country than the monarchy. “The King guarantees the freedoms stipulated in the 1978 Constitution.”
Zarzalejos also wanted to highlight the ideal character of the Spanish monarchy. “We have the smallest royal family in Europe with only six members. This is the king who has declared his assets, who has imposed ethical codes on his employees or who has ordered an external audit to monitor the crown’s accounts.. The budget of the King’s House is 8 million euros, which is ridiculous. “Other kingdoms in Europe have a great heritage.”
This journalist concluded his speech by saying this “Our crown is the most advanced of all the kingdoms of the West.” “One of my battles when I was director of the ABC and later throughout my career was that everything to do with the King and his family was always published in the noblest pages,” he noted.
Finally, the mayor of Seville intervened. Jose Luis SanzWho congratulated ABC on this meeting. The advisor recalled that when he was seven years old, he saw an advertisement by King Juan Carlos on television. “Then it seemed terrible to me because he was so small, but today you see it Consensus and harmony are two words coined by Don Juan Carlos in his speech. Democracy did not come alone or by chance, as some say, but rather it came Thanks to the generosity of a town and a group of people led by the king who had the foresight to forget the past».