Felipe González is committed to the government of the most voted list when there is no other option and to overcome political blockades

He defends a "survival pact" to respect the Constitution and that the legal system is not violated

MADRID, 3 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The former president of the Government, Felipe González, has opted for the list with the most votes to govern when there is no other option and thus overcome the "political blockades". This is what he affirms in an article collected by Europa Press entitled "Agree", published in a monograph on Pacts in the New Magazine of the University of La Rioja on the Internet (UNIR).

In addition to the former president, a total of 16 personalities write in the magazine, starting the presentation with José Ignacio Torreblanca with the article "A country that agrees is a country that progresses." After him, there are articles by Víctor Lapuente, José Juan Toharia, Ignacio Urquizu, Míriam Juan-Torres or Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría.

Javier Moreno Luzón, Juan Moscoso del Prado Hernández, Ramón Jáuregui, Fátima Báñez García, José Antonio Zarzalejos, Elena Valenciano, Cristina Monge, Ángeles Álvarez, Natalia Roa and María González Romero also write in defense of the pacts.

Felipe González defends in the prologue of this monograph entitled 'To agree is to progress' the pacts "of centrality" considering that they strengthen democracy and the destiny of the country. In his opinion, when these centrality pacts disappear, they polarize and lose strength and credibility both internally and internationally.

In González's opinion, and focusing on the case of Spain, "there are proposals that could make sense if we were not trapped in political blockades."

For this reason, he proposes: "Let's look for solutions in which the most voted list is acceptable when there is no other option. What do we ask for in exchange for allowing the government? Ask nothing. If you don't ask for anything, they will have to reach agreements in each project of law and in the budget".

In addition, Felipe González, during the public presentation of this monograph that took place this morning, highlighted the need to achieve a "survival pact" to respect the Constitution and not violate the legal system, urging anyone who wants to reform the Magna Carta to do so respecting "the rules".

The former president has also delved into the importance of building "coexistence" on pacts "with those who think differently" and not with those who think "like you", something that in his opinion is "ridiculous". Thus, he has affirmed that Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela or Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua "do not need to agree."

On the other hand, he has assured that "the Constitution is not perfect" but that it is "adequately imperfect", while he has said that there is "even an obligation" to reform it, always from "respect for the norm".

The former Prime Minister has also referred to the PSOE both in the magazine article and in the presentation. Thus, Felipe González has vindicated the past of his party, pointing out that it conditions his future and makes it clear that they cannot "abandon" his history, although he is committed to "renewing" the "toolbox".

In this sense, González has claimed the "systemic importance" of the PSOE and its contribution during the Transition, as well as the "hope" of the Socialist Party to "build a country" and lead to "a promising future." In fact, he has valued the fact that those of the PSOE are the "only" acronyms that remain from the constitutional pact.

According to the former president, it is important to look back not to remain "fixed on history", but also to take into account "where we come from" and "orient ourselves to know where we are going".

Having said this, González has affirmed that it offends him that they insult the PSOE, especially those who say that they help him or that they are his partners, those who since the 23rd of the last century have called them "social traitors", he has said. "We have been enduring that murga for centuries," he exclaimed.