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Barnabas: “The Constitution requires us to have a deep respect for what we are: a plural, diverse and democratic country”

05/12/2025
  • The delegate recalls that “the Constitution is not an immobile text. It is a horizon, a contract that demands responsibility and loyalty from us”
  • According to Barnabas, “democracy was not a gift but a legacy that is defended day by day”
  • The institutional event was attended by the Secretary of State for Territorial Policy, Arcadi España; the President of the AVL, Verónica Cantó; the Head of Meteorology of À Punt, Victoria Roselló; the UV professor and writer, Puri Mascarell; the journalist and social media broadcaster, Gonzalo Sánchez and the paralympic sportsman, David Casinos
  • All of them have read various articles of the Magna Carta of the Spaniards and, subsequently, have exposed and defended the importance of constitutional rights

The delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has presided over the institutional act on the occasion of the Spanish Constitution Day together with the Secretary of State for Territorial Policy, Arcadi Spain.

“The Constitution requires us to have a deep respect for what we are: a plural, diverse and deeply democratic country,” said Bernabé, who also pointed out that “it is not an immobile text. It is a horizon, a contract that demands responsibility and loyalty from us.”

In the celebration of the 47 years of Constitution and, with them, 50 years of democratic freedom, “Spain has learned to recognize itself and to listen to itself,” the delegate stressed. Barnabas added that “nothing we have today was written, it was a conquest, a pact between generations who understood that democracy was not a gift, but a legacy that is defended day by day.”

The institutional event was attended by the Secretary of State for Territorial Policy, Arcadi España; the President of the Valencian Academy of La Llengua (AVL), Verónica Cantó; the Head of Meteorology of À Punt, Victoria Roselló; the Professor of Literature of the University of Valencia and writer, Puri Mascarell; the journalist and publicist in social networks, Gonzalo Sánchez and the paralympic sportsman, David Casinos. All of them have read fundamental articles of the Magna Carta of the Spaniards, which “represent very well the social advances that Spain has achieved”, said the delegate, and, subsequently, they have exposed and defended the importance of constitutional rights.

The event has concluded with the performance of the Valencian group Tardor, which has interpreted the themes ‘Vull who buys a house’ and ‘Hi havia a ciutat’.