Certain political and social sectors blame the transition for the current evils, in particular the 1978 Constitution (CE78) and the Monarchy, and advocate opening a constituent process that culminates in a new Magna Carta and the republic as a form of State.
It is indisputable that the transition was made with the majority of state apparatuses intact and under the pressure of the powers that be, especially the military, and that some of our aspirations, starting with the republic, fell by the wayside. But, from my deep republican convictions, I think that placing the substitution of the Monarchy for the republic as a political objective now, in this political and social context and with the current correlation of forces, would be a profound strategic error of the left. A hypothetical constituent process in Spain would polarize society and strengthen on the right.
Faced with the serious problems of Spain (unemployment, precariousness, low wages, territorial crisis, gender violence, future pensions, etc.) and global challenges such as ecological sustainability, social inequalities or the future of the EU, we must ask ourselves who would benefit from initiating a process on a hypothetical replacement of the monarchy by the republic, which would monopolize the political debate eclipsing the rest of the issues, create social fractures and tensions and, above all, block solutions to problems that affect the citizenry on a daily basis. Undoubtedly, it would strengthen the right, happy that the forces of the left confronted the Monarchy and not with it.
It does not seem, then, very reasonable. Neither useful, if we take into account that the Spanish Monarchy has no executive power, only has a representative function, such as the parliamentary monarchies of the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Belgium or Luxembourg. These countries are among the most advanced in the EU, while in some of the republics, such as Poland or Hungary, there is a clear decline in rights and freedoms.
From the conviction of the democratic superiority of the republic, we must bear in mind that the problems and aspirations of the people are not solved better or worse because the form of the State is a parliamentary monarchy or a republic, but by the policies that execute their governments.
https://www.elperiodico.com/es/opinion/20181205/transicion-monarquia-constitucion-articulo-opinion-joan-saura-7173083
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