I remembered the tragicomic scene of Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya in the 1998 rally world championship when I started writing about the latest monarchical farce, induced by the usual suspects. A disheartening episode while in Ceuta more than 6,000 foreigners wander and are moved like cattle through the city and hundreds of children will be taken in only to later regroup with their families in another legal fraud dressed as humanitarian policy. Institutionally, the seams of the State seem to be creaking again. No one would say so after we were told about the autopoietic resolution of the crisis. There are many bureaucrats in Spain.
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The political system is jamming and we remember the King: should he visit the autonomous city? Should he mediate with Morocco through its sultan? Last week Eloy García explained that the Government uses the endorsement of the acts of the head of State to subjugate him and put him at its service. The next day the leading newspaper of the plural left published that some minister had suggested to Felipe VI, unsuccessfully, that he call the King of Morocco to thank him for his cooperation. The underground dialogue ended when José Antonio Zarzalejos, who has good sources, pointed out on Saturday that no, the King had no knowledge of any suggestion from the Government. On August 1, the Royal House had issued a severe statement about what happened in Ceuta and afterwards Felipe VI received its president. Enough if Spain were a normal parliamentary monarchy.
But it is not. The Council of Ministers, closed for holidays, has not met since July 28. The ministers, uncoordinated, speak through cameras and tweets. The Senate requests their appearance and they reject it as “premature.” Explaining an attack on our territorial integrity can wait until September. The Cortes, out of the debate on foreign policy and any other policy. The defense of the border, dependent on a third State dedicated to blackmail and the destabilization of Spain. We remember the King and his alleged powers when the other powers do not fulfill theirs: do something, Your Majesty! Call someone! But not every day is February 23 or October 3.