Court rules Spanish LOCKDOWN is unconstitutional

 Court rules Spanish LOCKDOWN is unconstitutional

Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that last year's Spanish lockdown was unconstitutional in the face of the spread of the corona virus.

Foreign media reports state that with the relevant court ruling, the people will have the opportunity to recover the fines levied by the government for violating the laws during the lockdown period.

However, the court ruled in favor of the right-wing Vox party and ruled that it would not accept lawsuits filed by people or businessmen claiming that they had lost revenue during the lockdown.

A state of emergency was declared in Spain on March 14, 2020 to stem the first wave, with corona infections as well as deaths rapidly reaching hospital capacity.

All people were ordered to stay indoors during the emergency, and were allowed to leave their homes only for emergencies, and all businesses were ordered to close except for essential businesses.

According to Spanish law, three emergencies can be declared as emergency, exceptional and highest level of closure.

The state of emergency in the country is considered a warning and the government has the power to declare such a situation without a parliamentary debate.

But under the state of emergency, the Spanish government took steps last year to impose various laws and restrictions to control the spread of Covid-19.

The court ruled that the imposition of laws under an emergency was tantamount to a violation of fundamental rights, and that the government should have declared an exception rather than an emergency.

The government cannot directly declare an exception and must first bring a motion to that effect to Parliament.

Accordingly, the court ruled that the lockdown was unconstitutional due to the imposition of emergency laws.

To date, however, more than 4,041,000 corona infected people have been reported from Spain, and more than 81,000 lives have been lost due to corona.