A new phase for the parliamentary investigation commissions: the limits imposed on their activity by the extra procedural dimension of the presumption of innocence and the right to honour Comment to Decision of the Constitutional Court 113/2018, of December 13, concerning the appeal for legal protection number 4877-2017 (B.O.E. num. 13, of January 15, 2019)

Abstract

The judgement limits the framework of the parliamentary investigative activities as it states that the conclusions that the Parliament may reach in the exercise of its investigative powers must be exempted from any individual assessment or imputation of illicit conducts or actions to the individuals involved in a case under investigation. The judgement concludes that the Cortes Valencianas have failed to comply with the appellant´s right not to be regarded as an author or a participant in an unlawful conduct and, consequently, have violated his fundamental right to honour.