The manifesto of 123 Spanish journalists against Sánchez's assault on democracy

@ElentirENG ES 12·14·2022 · 6:00 0

Sánchez's coup against judicial independence is raising the voices of alarm and protest in Spanish society.

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These protests are also being heard in the world of journalism, one of the groups that the Sánchez government is treating with hostility, due to the resistance of many communicators to the government's propaganda and lies. Yesterday, a manifesto signed by 123 journalists and collaborators from the Spanish media was published, with the title "Defending democracy".

Counting Stars adheres to this manifesto, and encourages all its readers to spread it as widely as possible on social networks.

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DEFENDING DEMOCRACY

The undersigned, journalists and collaborators of different Spanish media, we are witnessing with growing concern the anti-democratic drift of a government, that of Pedro Sánchez, which voluntarily ignores the limits set in our constitutional pact, in an attempt to retain power at any cost.

We witness with concern the corrupt use of legislative activity, negotiating penal norms with those who violate them and designing legal modifications to favor specific criminals because they are conjunctural partners of the current government.

We witness with concern the current government's claim to reward, precisely, those who have committed serious crimes against that Constitution that guarantees peaceful social coexistence.

We witness with concern the authoritarian drift of a government that is carrying out a frontal assault on the Constitutional Court and the governing body of the Judiciary, with the sole purpose of being able to carry out its task of overthrowing of the constitutional framework.

That is why, before democracy is irreversibly wounded,

WE DEMAND that all public officials fulfill their duty to defend the constitutional framework of coexistence.

WE URGE the opposition parties to use all the constitutional mechanisms at their disposal to stop, or at least make it as difficult as possible, the authoritarian and anti-democratic drift of the current government.

WE ENCOURAGE civil society organizations to call as many acts and protests as necessary to convey to the government, and to all of society, the voice of citizens committed to the defense of democracy and the state of law.

WE REMEMBER the responsibility of the media, their professionals and collaborators in the defense of democracy and freedom enshrined in the Spanish Constitution.

WE ASK all citizens to actively support all actions and mobilizations that opposition parties and civil society organizations can launch, and that each defend constitutional values in all scopes, without waiting for others to do so.

Democracies do not die when their enemies try to destroy them. Democracy dies when those of us who have the obligation to defend it do not fulfill our duty to do so.

Our democratic framework for coexistence, embodied in the Spanish Constitution, is in danger. And it is the duty of all citizens to defend it, with all the legal instruments at our disposal.

ALPHABETIC LIST OF SIGNATORIES (as of 12/13/2022):

Dolores Agenjo
Pepe Albert de Paco
Yago Alonso
Carmen Álvarez-Vela
Rebeca Argudo
Adolfo Arjona
Benito Arruñada
Manuel Artero
Iñaki Arteta
Alberto Asensi
Luis Balcarce
Rafael Bardají
Miguel Angel Belloso
Javier Benegas
Jaime de Berenguer
María Blanco
Dieter Brandau
Antonio Burgos
Susana Burgos
Tacho de la Calle
Nicolás de Cárdenas
Xosé Carlos Caneiro
Toni Cantó
Susana Cañil
Carmen Carbonell
Josué Cárdenas
Fran Carrillo
Cristina Casabón
Jenaro Castro
Carmen Celdrán
Álvaro Climent
Malena Contestí
Carlos Cotón
Rebeca Crespo
Jesús Cuadrado
Carlos Cuesta
Itxu Díaz
Rosa Díez
Gari Durán
María Durán
Óscar Elía Mañú
José Javier Esparza
Eduardo Fernández Luiña
Sergio Fidalgo
José Antonio Fúster
Javier García Isac
Miquel Giménez
Teresa Giménez Barbat
Juan Carlos Girauta
Pepa Gea
Jaime González
Santiago González
Pau Guix
Antonio Herráiz
Carlos Herrera
Fátima Iglesias
María Jamardo
Antonio Jiménez
Federico Jiménez Losantos
Carmelo Jordá
Daniel Lacalle
Fernando Lázaro
Paco Linares
Julio Llorente
Benjamín López
Luis Losada
Romualdo Maestre
Carlos Martínez Gorriarán
Ángel Mas
F. Javier de Mendizábal
Pablo Molina
Patricia MorenoAntonio Muro
Antonio Naranjo
Santiago Navajas
Javier Negre
Santiago Orúe
Mario Noya
Adolfo Ortega
Maite Pagazaurtundúa
Ignacia de Pano
Isaac Parejo
María José Peláez
Miguel Ángel Pérez
Xavier Pericay
Luis del Pino
Pablo Planas
Juan Pablo Polvorinos
Miguel Ángel Quintana
Berta Rivera
Antonio Robles
José Carlos Rodríguez
Juanma Rodríguez
Carlos Rodríguez Braun
Daniel Rodríguez Asensio
Daniel Rodríguez Herrera
Alfonso Rojo
Ricardo Ruiz de la Serna
Isabel San Sebastián
Yésica Sánchez
Diego Sánchez de la Cruz
Fernando Sánchez Dragó
Fernando Sancho
Javier Santamarta
Patricia Sanz
Fernando Savater
Jaume Segalés
César Sinde
Javier Somalo
Domingo Soriano
Raquel Tejero
Juan Carlos Téllez
Asís Tímermans
Carmen Tomás
Santiago Trancón
Alfredo Urdaci
Alfonso Ussía
Juan Van-Halen Acedo
VelardeDaoíz
Luis Ventoso
Alejo Vidal-Quadras
Raúl Vilas
Javier Villamor
Eduardo Vírgala

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Photo: RTVE.