2309|CONSTITUTION AND INSTITUTIONS (III). 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTION

— Knowledge of the Constitution by the Spaniards and the interviewee. — Concern that has existed in the last 20 years to teach in schools the fundamental ideas of the Constitution. — Opinion on the functioning of the Constitution in the last 20 years. — Confidence that the Constitution will help solve current problems. — Personal satisfaction with the current Constitution. — Opinion on whether the ‘Spanish Transition’ is a source of pride for Spaniards. — Satisfaction with the functioning of democracy in Spain. Main reason why you don't feel satisfied. — Preferred political regime. — Agreement with different phrases about the role of political parties. — Influence of King Juan Carlos on the stability of democracy in Spain. Importance of the King as referee and moderator in the Spanish democratic regime. — Agreement with different phrases about the role of King Juan Carlos. — Opinion on whether the work carried out by the King is fundamental for the functioning of democracy in Spain. — Opinion about Prince Philip. — Importance, for the functioning of democracy, of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. — Satisfaction with the functioning of the Spanish Parliament. — Opinion on the fundamental role of Congress and the Senate. — Importance of the problems discussed in the Congress of Deputies and in the Senate. — Concern of parliamentarians for their own interests, those of their constituents, the interests of their party and the interests of Spain. — Interest with which you follow the news about parliamentary activity. — Opinion on the adequacy of the information provided by the media about the work carried out by Parliament. — Opinion on whether the various television networks should devote more space to broadcast live or report more broadly on the debates in Parliament. — Knowledge of the name of the current president of the Congress of Deputies and the president of the Senate. — Knowledge of the functions of the Constitutional Court. — Most important functions of the Constitutional Court: guarantee the rights of individuals vis-à-vis the State or prevent the enactment of laws contrary to the Constitution. — Knowledge of the functions performed by the General Council of the Judiciary. Agreement with different phrases on the General Council of the Judiciary. — Usefulness of the Ombudsman’s institution to resolve citizens’ complaints to public administrations. Opinion on the influence of his intervention in the Public Administration. — Presentation, by the interviewee or acquaintance, of a complaint to the Ombudsman. Effectiveness in the decision of the appeal. — Confidence in various institutions fundamental to democracy. — Preference for the form of territorial organisation of the State in Spain. Preferred form for your autonomous community. — Degree to which you are personally affected by decisions taken by different political institutions in different territorial areas. Degree of interest in the political action of these institutions. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in March 1996 general elections.