1812 - 2012 Consorcio para la conmemoración del Bicentenario de la Constitución de 1812
La Pepa 2012
25/05/2010
The first European liberal Magna Carta will turn two hundred years old on March 19th, 2012. On that date, the origin of the civil rights and liberties in our country and the origin of the concepts of “citizen” and “Spain” as we know them now will be commemorated.
The 1812 Spanish Constitution was enacted in the San Felipe Neri Oratorio on Saint Joseph Day, that’s why it’s called “La Pepa”. Because “Pepa” is a common feminine nickname for Joseph in Spain. This legislation became a whole democratic myth which inf uenced the drafting of several European constitutions and affected the constitutional core of most of American states after their independency.
La Pepa was the f rst Spanish Constitution that established popular sovereignty, division of powers, and speech and of the press freedoms.
This means that two hundred years ago we pioneered implanting in a tangible way values, liberties and civil rights that today are unquestionable and have become part of our idiosyncrasy as a nation. Two centuries later we must recall our historical memory and celebrate an event that has make our country one of the strongest democracies in the world.
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