I write from the other side of the “wall”, the side of “the bad”, of those who do not have “the higher moral principles” that adorn the left, according to academic opinion. And I add that I have seen confirmed by the facts the possibility I pointed out in my previous article: President Sánchez continues (and will continue) in Moncloa, so we already have all the necessary data to compose an account of the events. The following one is mine.
In a difficult situation (with no budgets, with a dysfunctional coalition and an extreme left in agonizing transit), the president designed this process:
1) I announce that “I need to stop and reflect” to decide “if I should continue at the head of the Government”.
2) The people and the party fervently ask me to continue.
3) Given this plebiscite support, I communicate that I continue to “will to reverse this situation”, which will only be possible when “the social majority mobilizes in a determined commitment”.
4) I warn that it is necessary to recover the cleanliness of some “rules of the game” violated so far only by the right and the extreme right.
The exegetes of the presidential texts (letter and declaration) have already specified what this cleaning will consist of, focusing it on justice and the media. With regard to justice, and after admitting without reservation the existence of lawfare, they say that the unblocking of the General Council of the Judiciary and the review of the selection system for judges is a priority.
And, with regard to the media, the scholiasts emphasize the urgency of creating councils that put a stop to journalistic impunity. It is, in short, to give current form to a permanent desire: to conform the freedom of the press to the taste and convenience of the one in charge, especially if it is anointed by a social majority that, in fact, gives it carte blanche above the institutions populism
At this point, it is necessary to rethink the terms of the debate with two simple observations. As for government interference in the media, just remember that – as someone said – if it were governments that had to guarantee freedom of the press, Nixon would still be president. And as for the undeniable and rude tension that exists today in Spain, it is the work of all the parties in equal parts and the result of their moral relativism, their intellectual apathy and their political incapacity.
Since Adolfo Suárez was called “Tafur del Mississippi” until now, all the parties have wallowed in the mud. And I would add a consideration also applicable to all parties: that whoever holds the power, whoever it is, is always more responsible than the others. Therefore, to lower the current tension, it would not hurt if all politicians, starting with the president, did an examination of conscience on this point, whether they are believers, atheists, agnostics or semi-retired.
Julio Caro Baroja explains that on the day Germany invaded Russia, in 1941, there was a large and violent demonstration claiming Gibraltar in front of the British embassy in Madrid; and, seeing what was happening, Minister Serrano Suñer telephoned Ambassador Hoare and asked him if he wanted him to send more police to protect his diplomatic headquarters. To which, Hoare replied: “I’d rather you send me fewer demonstrators.” It is true that Serrano, who confirmed the call, denied the answer, but the anecdote serves to pray to President Sánchez that, before looking for drastic solutions to a real problem, he recognizes and values ??how much he himself has contributed to creating it.
Can the president imagine what would happen if, in a Wednesday parliamentary session, he answered the opposition’s questions, no matter how inconsiderate, with words of concord? The opposition would not be able to persevere in its nonsense, and tension and polarization would decrease. Because polarization is mainly the work of politicians. It has not yet reached serious levels in Spanish society. In other words, calm down. Fortunately, the country is not “ripe” for a certain trial. You know which one.
