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Re:Swedish epidemiology boss says questioned Covid-19 strate... by ceejayoz on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:39PM (#23919508)
> For example, Spain "declared state of alarm" which suspends temporarily some constitutional rights.

A procedure that is presumably permitted by said constitution, right?

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Re:Swedish epidemiology boss says questioned Covid-19 strate... by rumanator on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @01:42PM (#23919559)
> A procedure that is presumably permitted by said constitution, right?

Yes, the Spanish constitution does explicitly support state of alarm, which is a way to suspend constitutional rights.

https://english.elpais.com/politics/2020-03-13/what-is-a-sta...

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Re:Swedish epidemiology boss says questioned Covid-19 strate... by bzb3 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @02:13PM (#23919887)
Then when they needed that state of alarm extended, they started negotiating with separatist parties and all sense of decency vanished in a puff of smoke.
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