La adjunta a la Secretaría General del GPP, Isabel Borrego


  • The deputy to the General Secretariat of the GPP points out that in a mature democracy what can never be done without is Parliament: "The operation of all the constitutional powers of the State, without exception, but especially the Congress of Deputies, must not be interrupted during the states of alarm, exception and siege.

  • Underlines that "conceptual and social realityof Parliament as the seat of national sovereignty and place of debate and confrontation of ideas implies the need for face-to-face work by its deputies

  • Advocate for "regulate the introduction of new technologies in Parliament to have ready solutions that allow absolute normality in parliamentary functioning, even in exceptional situations

  • Emphasizes that "there is technology that would have allowed, in the state of alarm, that Parliament had fulfilled its role in a complete way."There are top-level professionals in Congress who would have made it possible

  • He warns that if Congress has not functioned fully, it is because"there has been a desire that Parliament be idling, without fulfilling its functions and conveying to citizens that the Government's action made parliamentary life almost unnecessary

  • Complaint that during the alarm state "the control work to the Government has been reduced: the Commissions and the appearances have diminished. Deadlines have been suspended. The answers to written questions have been non-existent or have been solved with delays and vague and pointless answers

  • He points out that at this historic moment in our democracy is when "greater should have been the control work of Parliament. "With a state of alarm that gave the government enormous discretion in its decisions, Parliament's control of the government should have been greaterremarks

  • Underlines that "Plenaries in a state of alarm should be held normally, and if it is not possible for physical reasons or health or safety recommendations, we seek formulas that guarantee the attendance required by the Constitution, and we must also value and distinguish the meetings of the governing bodies of the functional organs

  • It proposes a new regulation of telematic voting: "We must address an improvement in technical systems to deal with exceptional situations, without also leaving aside the confidence measures of the vote, which are not advisable at all, but this has happened in recent months.

  • Stresses that in addition to adequate technology, "an institutional decision is necessary for its proper use and parliamentary guarantees are respected




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