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The president and spokesman of MC, Jesús Giménez, participated this morning, in a Hall of Events of the Faculty of Enterprise Sciences of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), in a round table framed in the course 'Challenges of Spanish Political System 'of the international courses of the International University of the Sea (UNIMAR).
Also they have intervened, next to the president of the formation cartagenerista, the national deputy of the PP, Francisco Bernabé;
The deputy of the PSOE in the Regional Assembly, Fernando López;
The regional deputy of We, Maria Giménez, and the regional deputy of Citizens, Miguel Sánchez.
Among the issues dealt with are those relating to judicial procedures in the political sphere, the functioning of Spanish justice and public institutions, as well as the structure of the State.
Challenges of the Spanish Political System
'Challenges of the Spanish Political System', which takes place from 18 to 21 July in Cartagena, is part of the activities and summer courses of the International University of the Sea (UNIMAR) and is sponsored by the City of Cartagena.
The course, inaugurated this morning by the second deputy mayor, Francisco Calderón (MC), aims to analyze the challenges of the current Spanish political system, specifically, the regeneration of democratic institutions, reform of the Constitution, reform Of the electoral system, the reform of the territorial organization of the State or the proper functioning of the powers of the State (Corona, Cortes Generales, Judicial Power, Constitutional Court).
In the same way, various issues of interest in regional policy will be studied, such as the territorial structure of the Autonomous Community, addressing diverse forms of resource optimization and public management such as bi-provinciality and comarcalization.
The president of MC, Jesús Giménez (MC), has begun his speech at the round table, explaining the opinion of the formation of Cartagena on what procedural moment must resign a politician accused of corruption, be it of the party that is, and end the ' Double measuring rods'.
Giménez has made it clear that one of the arguments embraced by the 'new politics' in what refers to democratic regeneration, is nothing more than "a populist judicialization of politics."
The leader of MC has started from the premise of the inevitable obligation of public officials "to be exemplary in their action".
"Political responsibility must be demanded of all. In our system it is regulated through figures such as the motion of censorship for very serious cases, and mainly by elections every four years, in which it can and must be demanded through Of the vote ".
There is also the possibility of requesting resignations, "using the means of control and control offered by the different parliaments, although these means do not marry well with the current society, which makes us devour headlines every hour."
At this point, Jesus Giménez has alluded to media judgments, "those who condemn one day and the next absolve, those who talk about the judge's appetizer."
Continuing along this line, MC's spokesman has lamented the lost weight of the "presumption of innocence", since the goal is "to politically disable the enemy, before a court does it, even if it does not do so on most occasions. The complaint or complaint becomes a political resource, away from the true action of public service. "
Oral argument or imputation
As for the well-known 'two yardsticks', Giménez, lawyer by profession, has differentiated between the oral trial and the imputation, the second case consisting in the admission to processing of a complaint.
"If this continues and opens the trial and is processed, it is when there is a moment of greater legal and aesthetic relevance, which is the politician with a date for trial. It is here when sitting on the bench for public office can generate a Prejudice to the institutions, "said Jesus Giménez.
Despite this, he has warned that "this example also includes a perversion, since if not to be condemned will have been applied in a preventive manner a penalty of those foreseen for the crime whose commission has not been proven, disqualification."
Resignation of the politician and prejudice to the citizen
Thus, we could face a scenario about "a well-worded complaint that involves an investigation and subsequent trial in the six months that an investigation is supposed to take place and that the resignation of the finally acquitted politician deprives him of representing the citizens who trusted him During the years remaining for the next elections. "
"The politician must respond to his actions and his decisions before his voters, and also to justice, not forgetting that criminal law is the last resort and the most guarantor, and that his convictions for corruption already contain the penalty of disqualification, So that whoever has committed can not continue in the political sphere, "Gimenez said.
Political / citizen trust
The president of MC has made clear the line of action of his political formation.
"We continue to bet on the link, the contract that our training has with those who choose us and have given us their trust, we believe in politics with capital letters, which is useful to the administrators."
He concluded his argument on this point meaning that "if there can be a line, but it would be necessary for the legislator to take it into account to compute for penalty purposes if it is convicted, and if it is not that articulated compensation formulas and Own damage to democracy and defrauding voters. "
Spanish Justice works
From this premise, Giménez has left, while at the same time describing "the disinterest of all the governments that have been, and probably will be."
Despite the fact that the region covers newspapers with countless cases of corruption, Giménez has considered that, in recent times, "our judges have been shown to be independent, and to function, even with speed."
In line with this manifest speed, the president of MC has recalled how "the TSJ issued the indictment in the Punic operation the same day it received a statement to the investigated, and in the Auditorium case, the magistrate did so without delay Of the reeds and the sailors ".
Lack of means
He has emphasized that "our judges are wrong every day, as in any profession, and they do it from independence and the lack of means."
This is where the main problem facing justice, "the constant and sustained lack of investment in the modernization of the administration of justice" lies.
Gimenez has raised as an example of government disinterest, "the new provincial courts of unfair terms, which will allow, thanks to the legislator, that banks do not return the money to those affected or that when they do it is late to compensate the personal situation."
It has continued to reveal the endless list of deficiencies that Cartagena suffers in judicial matters, such as "the inexistence of the mercantile or juvenile court."
In addition, it has released data as relevant as in Spain we have "the ratio of judges per 100,000 inhabitants below the European average. In our country we have eleven, while in Germany we doubled twenty-five, and even our Iberian neighbors Portugal is nineteen. "
Necessary changes in institutions
Jesus has continued his intervention, meaning that "corruption is not directly related to the design of institutions, it is with the behavior of those who access public offices, public employees and private enterprise."
In this field, interests are moved that occupy the space of "the private" and that "greases the mechanism to arrive at that desolate result".
The spokesman of the Cartagena formation has gone on to list the changes that must influence a regeneration of institutions.
Changes in the electoral system
In addition to assessing the effects of the single constituency, "the system of open lists would favor identification between the voter and his representative, bringing the politician closer to the citizen."
Limitation of mandates
"While the limitation to two mandates may be correct, it may also be that a good manager, supported by citizens, can be separated by this regulation."
Internal Party Democracy
"As long as it complies with the rules of application in terms of funding and other applications we believe in the freedom of associations, in this case, policies, to organize, since that internal projection is the one that are then submitted to the election of voters, And that is the true political judgment.You have to choose well, whatever the system. "
Incompatibilities.
"We believe in the need for public servants to be the best, and not to stay out of helping everyone because of the harmful consequences for their career of having been in politics. There should be filters, but no prohibitions."
Changes in regulatory bodies
"The reasonable change is not to create more, it is to provide them with transparency, a greater public ethics, avoiding the designation of members in an inbred way".
Structure of the State
Jesús Giménez concluded his speech by adding that "we do believe that the state must be reduced. Specifically, there are seventeen communities that have become centers of centralism and corruption."
"It should be based on rational demarcations and a single state regulation, which would facilitate judicial interpretations and business activity, and provide legal security to citizens."
MC spokesman added that there has been an increase in corruption in intermediate administrations, "less controlled because they are perceived far from the citizen and state control."
Giménez has concluded by highlighting an idea, and is that "the sense of impunity has diminished."
Source: MC
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