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• Referendum.

Des democratic legitimacy of their point of view of history:

After the Civil War, the victory of one side of General Franco's authoritarian regime with nearly 40 years. The Francoist state rests on the denial of constitutional principles, there is a concentration of powers, all in a single hand the leader, removing the freedom, denial of political pluralism, that system is lacking democratic legitimacy, the regime relies on the figure head of state who is the head of government to the same regimen without vez.Un constitution, a system of fundamental laws, which are basic rules of the political system:

• Outside of work (1938) / / constitutive law courts (1942) / / Out of the Spanish (1945) / / National Referendum Act (1945) / / Law of head of state succession (1947) / / Law fundamental principles of the national movement (1958) / / Organic Law of the state (1967)

Head of State that concentrates all powers including the legislative power, where there are bodies Cortes but ancillary and dependent on the will of the head of state. The turning point to move from the current constitutional system occurs with the death of former head of state. General Franco died on November 20, 1975 and

22, the same month, King Juan Carlos during the regime appointed successor in law of succession

, Delivers the message where you get a spirit of openness and the mayor is Carlos Arias Navarro.

Transition is a process through which change occurs in the authoritarian regime to a democratic system of law by the EC 1978. The transition is a model of peaceful transformation from a dictatorship to a democracy. This transformation

from dictatorship to democracy comes from the Francoist legality formally, it is transformed Francoist legality legally and allow a democratic opening.

The first is to change the chairman of the Council of Ministers, Carlos Arias Navarro move from a character known as general secretary of the national movement (from the regime) is Adolfo Suarez. He is responsible government, and the Suarez government encourages the adoption by the Francoist Cortes of the Political Reform Act of 1 / 1977 of January 4. This law is what allows the Francoist legality and democratic, is approved in Parliament and is subjected to one of the mechanisms of democratic legitimacy, is submitted to referendum on 15 December 1976.

The law earned 94% of votes and an abstention rate of 28% The law for political reform is the first of the new regime.

Political Reform Act:

You have a few basic principles:

• Popular sovereignty.
• Rule of law.