The political organization of Spain

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Incas

par Simon Rogers

Weimar Republic

par Sophia New

Economics system

par Igor Glender

Political organization of Spain

par Adela Fuertes

Juzgado de primera instancia

Judges

Ayuntamiento

Mayor (Francisco Guarido Viñuela)

Diputación Provincial de Zamora

President (María Teresa Martín)

Municipal Level

Tribunal superior de justicia de CyL

President (Jose Luis Concepción)

Junta de CyL

President (Juan Vicente Herrera)

Cortes de CyL

President (Silvia Clemente)

Regional Level

National Level

Motion of no confidence

Section 113

1. The Congress may require political responsibility from the Government by adopting a motion of censure by overall majority of its Members.
2. The motion of censure must be proposed by at least one tenth of the Members of Congress and shall include a candidate for the office of the Presidency of the Government.

Section 114

1. If the Congress withholds its confidence from the Government, the latter shall submit its resignation to the King, whereafter the President of the Government shall be nominated in accordance with the provisions of section 99.
2. If the Congress adopts a motion of censure, the Government shall submit its resignation to the King, and the candidate proposed in the motion of censure shall be deemed to have the confidence of the House for the purposes provided in section 99. The King shall appoint him or her President of the Government.

Spanish Symbols

Section 4

1. The flag of Spain consists of three horizontal

stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow

stripe being twice as wide as each red stripe.

2. The Statutes may recognize flags and

ensigns of the Self-governing Communities.

These shall be used together with the flag of

Spain on their public buildings and in their official

ceremonies.

Head of the State (Philip VI)

Judicial Power: Tribunales

Tribunal constitucional

President (Juan José González)

Tribunal Supremo

President (Carlos Lesmes)

Executive power: Gobierno

President (P. Sánchez)

Ministers

Expresident (M. Rajoy)

Exministers

Legislative power: Cortes Generales

Senado

Section 69

1. The Senate is the House of territorial representation.

2. In each province, four Senators shall be

elected by the voters thereof by universal,

free, equal, direct and secret suffrage, under

the terms to be laid down by an organic act.

3. In the insular provinces, each island or

group of islands with a Cabildo or insular

Council shall be a constituency for the purpose

of electing Senators; there shall be three

Senators for each of the major islands —Gran

Canaria, Mallorca and Tenerife— and one for

each of the following islands or groups of islands:

Ibiza-Formentera, Menorca, Fuerteventura,

Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma.

4. The cities of Ceuta and Melilla shall

elect two Senators each.

5. The Self-governing Communities shall,

in addition, appoint one Senator and a further

Senator for every million inhabitants in their

respective territories. The appointment shall

be incumbent upon the Legislative Assembly

or, in default thereof, upon the Self-governing

Community’s highest corporate body as provided

for by its Statute which shall, in any case,

guarantee adequate proportional representation.

6. The Senate is elected for four years.

The Senators’ term of office shall end four years

after their election or on the day on which

the House is dissolved.

President (Pío García)

Congreso de los diputados

Section 68

1. The Congress shall consist of a minimum

of three hundred and a maximum of four

hundred Members, elected by universal, free,

equal, direct and secret suffrage, under the

terms to be laid down by the law.

2. The electoral constituency is the province.

The cities of Ceuta and Melilla shall be represented

by one Member each. The total

number of Members shall be distributed in accordance

with the law, each constituency

being allotted a minimum initial representation

and the remainder being distributed in proportion

to the population.

3. The election in each constituency shall

be conducted on the basis of proportional representation.

4. The Congress is elected for four years.

The term of office of Members thereof ends

four years after their election or on the day on

which the Congress is dissolved.

5. All Spaniards entitled to the full exercise

of their political rights shall be electors and

may be elected.

The law shall recognise and the State

shall facilitate the exercise of the right of

vote by Spaniards who are outside Spanish

territory.

6. Elections shall take place between thirty

and sixty days after the end of the previous

term of office. The Congress so elected must

be convened within twenty-five days following

the holding of elections.

President (Ana Pastor)