Publication: Radiografía de una propuesta olvidada: la proposición de reforma constitucional de la Junta General asturiana sobre democracia semidirecta
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2019-12-01
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Universidad de Deusto
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El Anteproyecto de Constitución elaborado en 1978 por la ponencia de la Comisión Constitucional contempló un amplio catálogo de mecanismos de democracia semidirecta. Tras el intento del partido radical italiano, en junio de ese mismo año, de derogar vía referéndum el sistema de financiación pública de los partidos políticos, el temor a que un empleo populista de los mismos pudiera impedir la consolidación de la arquitectura constitucional llevó al constituyente a diluir intensamente la propuesta primigenia, resultando un modelo de democracia basado, casi incontestablemente, en la representación. Casi cuarenta años después, la Junta General del Principado de Asturias lanza en 2014 una proposición de reforma constitucional a las Cortes Generales, sugiriendo recuperar parcialmente algunas de las ideas previstas en aquel Anteproyecto. El artículo pretende analizar en detalle los elementos de esta interesante propuesta, destacando sus virtudes y defectos a la luz de la experiencia comparada
The draft of the Constitution made in 1978 by the Constitutional Commission comprised a broad set of mechanisms of semi-direct democracy. In June the same year, after the attempt by the Italian Radical Party to derogate the system for the public financing of political parties through a referendum, a fear that populists would use those mechanisms to prevent the consolidation of the constitutional regime led the constituent to considerably soften the original proposal, resulting in a model of democracy based, almost undoubtedly, in representation. Almost forty years later, in 2014, the General Council of the Principality of Asturias put forward to the Spanish Parliament a proposal to reform the Constitution, which suggested the partial recovery of some of the ideas of that draft. This paper aims to analyse in detail the key elements of this interesting proposal, by highlighting its virtues and flaws consider-ing comparative experiences.
The draft of the Constitution made in 1978 by the Constitutional Commission comprised a broad set of mechanisms of semi-direct democracy. In June the same year, after the attempt by the Italian Radical Party to derogate the system for the public financing of political parties through a referendum, a fear that populists would use those mechanisms to prevent the consolidation of the constitutional regime led the constituent to considerably soften the original proposal, resulting in a model of democracy based, almost undoubtedly, in representation. Almost forty years later, in 2014, the General Council of the Principality of Asturias put forward to the Spanish Parliament a proposal to reform the Constitution, which suggested the partial recovery of some of the ideas of that draft. This paper aims to analyse in detail the key elements of this interesting proposal, by highlighting its virtues and flaws consider-ing comparative experiences.
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Referéndum, Iniciativa legislativa popular, Democracia semidirecta, Reforma constitucional, Popular legislative initiative, Semi-direct democracy, Constitutional reform
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López Rubio, D. (2019). Radiografía de una propuesta olvidada: La proposición de reforma constitucional de la Junta General Asturiana Sobre Democracia Semidirecta. Estudios De Deusto 67 (2), 263-95.