The Spanish Parliament in the time of coronavirus

the recourse to the Permanent Deputation

Authors

  • Manuel Carrasco Durán Universidad de Sevilla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.122.04

Abstract

This article is about the changes that Spanish Parliament’s work has undergone during the COVID-19 pandemic, both at national and regional levels. The convening of the Permanent Deputation in the assemblies of some autonomous regions in that period is studied in special detail, as an instrument to maintain the public presence of the legislature in the most acute phase of the said pandemic by ensuring the parliamentary checking of the work of regional governments. It is understood that the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic revealed a loophole in the Parliaments’ Rules of Procedure. In this framework, the activity of the Permanent Deputation finds its legal basis in the general principle that ensures the continuity of the legislature and the application by analogy of the provisions that envisage the convening of the said body during parliamentary recess or when the legislature is not in session.

Published

2021-08-16

Issue

Section

STUDIES