It is a classic of the constitutive sessions: deputies who go out of the usual way to swear or promise compliance with the Great Charter. The start of the XV Legislature has not been the exception. Several dozen parliamentarians used original and demanding formulas this Thursday to assume their position in the Lower House.
To the classic “yes, I swear”, “yes, I promise” were added on this occasion, and as already happened in 2019, pro-independence slogans, such as those used by the ERC deputies: “By legal imperative, and until the achievement of the catalan republic”. Even more extensive was that of the Junts deputies who, with their affirmative vote, made it easier for the PSOE to take over the presidency of Congress: “With loyalty to the people of Catalonia and his mandate of October 1, and committed to the defense of all those repressed and exiled, by legal imperative, I promise”.
Other deputies complied with the Constitution “for a plurinational and feminist Spain”, as he said Esther Gilor “for a new republican time”, as expressed Gerardo Pisarello, both members of Sumar en la Mesa. There was also a common message from the right: all the Vox deputies, led by Santiago Abascal, swore their position “for Spain.”
Txema Guijarro, from Sumar, expanded this slogan: “for the Spains”, he said he promised his position. Marta Lois, spokesperson for this same group, did it “for democracy, for equality and social rights,” and Carlos Martín, “for the rights of workers and workers.”
Nahuel González, Valencian deputy for Sumar from IUquoted the singer-songwriter Ovid Montllor: “The Valencian people are no longer fed crumbs; we want whole bread”.