From 10 years ago, have been published in Greece biographic, autobiographic, Documents, reports ... but especially since the year 2009 in which Greece suffered a serious political instability, which fractionated Parliament in political parties, imposibilito the creation of a stable government, and in where the President of the Republic, head of State, had to take decisions, to solve the problem,being
its criticized powers, especially for the political ideologies of the left, even proposing the constitutional change to modify the powers of the Head of State and the election way. The press has referred to the 60s of the last century, remembering that this problem of political instability has already happened in the past. And all of this has allowed us to see how the facts in Greece are developed and how they are developing, realizing how the institutions of the Greek state work, and burying standars versions.
I am to speak about Italy like reference because I see that the people know more Italy than greece politic system.
In Greece it is similar, from 1952.
The Italian constitutional system, as can be seen today, the Prime Minister is elected by the vote of confidence of the Italian parliament, and that Prime Minister is proposed by the President of the Republic. The Prime Minister does not necessarily have to be the most voted person in the elections, but the person who gets the most votes among the Congressmen of the parliament. The last two Prime Ministers of Italy have not come out of a general election, they have resulted from the votes of the parliament and the proposal of the President of the Republic. The Italians know that the general elections are to elect the parliament and that it is the President of the Republic who proposes to the Prime Minister and this has to be voted in the parliament, a vote of confidence.absolute majority.
In Greece it is similar, from 1952.(in Portugal, Spain...) the diferent between Republic or Monarchy:
If the President of the Republic proposes a person to Prime Minister, which is his competence, the press, especially the left says, "attributed powers", but if a King does it within his powers, they says "political powers" (and the left represents him as an absolutist king). but it is the same constitution.
Now I'm going to Spain.
When, in January, in Spain, the party more voted is PP(Mariano Rajoi). But in parliament, he has not enough congressmen to absolute majority. King Felipe called Mariano Rajoi and offered to propose him as Prime Minister, but Mariano Rajoi did not accept being proposed. after, King Felipe called to the President of the socialist party(Peter Sanchez), a political party qualified as an authentic loser of the elections because, he lost an exaggeration of votes in the parliament, receiving the least support of his democratic period. The king proposed him as a candidate in parliament, Peter .ñ
Okay, I remember read critizes to the King Felipe of followers of the right, criticizing the King for proposing Peter as a candidate, they said that the King had to convoke elections and they remembered that Peter had lost the elections. (It reminds me of something that happened in Greece in 1965 ??). Even Spanish press said that the King was of the PSOE and the Queen Letizia of Podemos ... (It reminds me of something from the past).
Time passed and in Spain a new government was not elected, then some newspapers said, (The King does nothing). (It reminds me of something from the past).
Paul iglesias is a spanish politician, he is of lefts ideology, in greece the press speak much about he, because is friend of Tsipras. The Spanish politician, he remember me the Greek leftist politicians of the 60´s, even some of the messages that he has published in his Twitter account are identified to the messages of the Greek leaders of that time. He attacks to the King , he says that the King is of Franco, putting him on posters with the flag of the Franco era.
He attacks the King in a constant way, when the King proposes a candidate for parliament, when the King makes a visit to a foreign country that Pablo does not like because the country is he says that is "capitalist", always attacks to the King. He identifies the King with Franco and says that the King is Franco, even his followers put photomontages of King Felipe with Franco, he is always saying that the King is of right ideology and that he is with Mariano Rajoi, that the King is capitalist. ..
A few weeks ago, the King felipe intervened on television because the Catalan anti-systems, want to make a declaration of indpendence ... he defended the unity of Spain, and strongly criticized the action of anti-systems and their irresponsibility. Pablo Iglesias defended the Catalan separatists, made a statement again KIng, it remeber to me 60´s, he said that King Felipe intervened in Spanish politic and that King was defendeing to Mariano Rajoi, he spoke about a complot of King - Mariano Rajoi , he and his followers said that Rajoi and King had created a block of rights against Catalonia, and members of his formation said that the king's message violated the 1978 constitution.
Do I have to believe what Pablo says? I do not believe what Pablo Iglesias says because I know he is a Republican and that he only wants a republic, which is why he is always criticizing the King (The Papandreou was like Paul , the standard version) ).
This is true I want to make it clear that the HISTORICAL CONTEXT is very different.
We were in the Cold War, USA-URSS, Greece was an allied country of the USA, which was surrounded by communist countries and with many interests of foreign countries.
Obviously this is not the same historical context, but the functioning of the institutions and their traffic jam is the same, and the political figures that appear have similar messages.
I don´t think that King Felipe is of Franco or of rights ideology, I don´t think that King Felipe and Mariano Rajoi have maden block of rights against Catalonia and Podemos.
I don´t think it because I have lived a similar situation in my country in the past and know very well this menssagers and the damage that this can do.