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47 Rev. Catalana Dret Pub. 1 (2013)

handle is hein.journals/revcatdp47 and id is 1 raw text is: EL DECRETO-LEY EN TIEMPOS DE CRISIS Ana M. Carmona Contreras* Resumen Este trabajo parte de la premisa que afirma la gendrica aptitud del decreto-ley para gestionar la actual coyuntura de crisis econ6mica y financiera en la que se halla inmerso nuestro pais desde el afo 2008. Atendiendo a la interpretaci6n flexible que el Tribunal Constitucional ha llevado a cabo del presupuesto habilitante del decreto- ley -oextraordinaria y urgente necesidad-, el masivo recurso a esta figura normativa durante las dos nltimas legislaturas resultaria constitucionalmente justificado. Tal constataci6n inicial, sin embargo, experimenta una sustancial modificaci6n cuando se analiza la cuesti6n desde la perspectiva de la funci6n de control sobre los decretos- leyes que la Constituci6n atribuye a las asambleas legislativas. El deficit democritico que presentan los decretos- leyes en clave procedimental, como normas unilateralmente aprobadas por el Gobierno, justifica su inicial caracter provisional. Despojarse de tal precariedad existencial pasa necesariamente por obtener un posterior aval en sede parlamentaria. El principio pluralista que es consustancial a dicha institucion recupera su espacio de actuaci6n y opera en un doble sentido: dota a los decretos-leyes de plena legitimidad democritica y, asimismo, brinda a las minorias la oportunidad de ejercer su natural funci6n de control y critica frente a la mayoria. En funci6n de tal planteamiento, la insatisfactoria regulacion que la convalidaci6n presenta en el Reglamento del Congreso de los Diputados, que la convierte en via necesaria de intervenci6n y, asimismo, la reduce a un mero trimite formal, actua como fundamental obsticulo, lastrando la consideraci6n plenamente democritica del decreto-ley en nuestro ordenamiento juridico. Palabras clave: urgente necesidad; gobierno; pluralismo; minorias; control politico. THE DECREE-LAW IN TIMES OF CRISIS Abstract The general suitability of decree-laws to deal with the current economic and financial crisis in which our country has been immersed since 2008 is the initial premise of this paper. Taking into account the Constitutional Court's flexible interpretation of the prerequisite justifying the resort to decree-laws, extraordinary and urgent need, it would seem that the massive use of this regulatory vehicle during the last two legislative sessions is, in principle, constitutionally justifed. This initial finding is substantially modifed when one applies the perspective of oversight over decree-laws that corresponds to the Parliament. The democratic deficit that the decree-laws represent from a procedural perspective, as regulations passed unilaterally by the government, justifes their provisional character Ridding the laws of such precariousness entails, perforce, a subsequent endorsement by the Parliament. The activation of the pluralist principle in the legislature operates in two ways: 1) it endows the decree-laws with full democratic legitimacy, and 2) it offers minorities the opportunity to exercise their natural function of oversight and criticism with respect the majority. In view of such an approach, the unsatisfactory regulation of the ratifcation procedure in the current set of regulations for Spain's Congress of Deputies, which reduces it to a mere formality, acts as a fundamental obstacle to having decree-laws in our legal system be considered fully democratic. Key words: urgent need; government; pluralisme; minorities; political oversight. * Ana Ma Carmona Contreras, profesora titular (acreditada a citedra) de derecho constitucional de la Universidad de Sevilla, c/ Enramadilla 18-20 (Campus Ram6ny Cajal), 41018 Sevilla, anacarmona(usmes. Articulo recibido el 18.10.2013. Evaluaci6n ciega: 4.11.2013 y 7.11.2013. Fecha de aceptaci6n de la versi6n final: 19.11.2013. Citaci6n recomendada: CARMONA CONTRERAS, Ana M. (El decreto-ley en tiempos de crisis». Revista catalana de dretpublic, num. 47 (2013), pp. 1-20. DOI: 10.2436/20.8030.01.9 w~pEscol. qAdrninsrW pyb{ c rde Cataluflya

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