The Constitutional Court rules against the deprivation of the right to amend in single-reading procedures Commentary on Constitutional Court Judgment 22/2026, of March 11. Concerning the appeal for legal protection num. 5996-2021 (BOE num. 91, of April 14, 2026)
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STC 22/2026 declares unconstitutional the decision of the Bureau of the Asamblea de Madrid to submit a legislative initiative to the Plenary under the single-reading procedure, which, under the rules in force at the time (now repealed), entailed the impossibility of exercising the right to amend. The judgment identifies the exceptional circumstances in which this component of the parliamentary ius in officium may be restricted. It also examines the legal nature of the Bureau’s decision. In addition to studying both the Constitutional Court’s reasoning and the dissenting opinions, this commentary criticises the limited practical effects of the ruling and questions the argument supporting the existence of a Bureau’s duty to act contrary to the express wording of the parliamentary Rules of Procedure.
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