La Transición en sus planteamientos y resultados, by Adolfo Suárez
Translation of the text into ArabicAvailable online
March 28, 2014
On the occasion of the recent death of Adolfo Suárez, Casa Árabe would like to provide a reminder of the recent translation into Arabic of La Transición en sus planteamientos y resultados (The Transition, Its Proposals and Results), one of the last texts to be written by the former Spanish President to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the reign of H.M. King Juan Carlos I. This text was published by the Royal Academy of History in 2002 and was recently translated into Arabic by the Embassy of Spain in Cairo, in conjunction with the Egyptian Democratic Academy (EDA), within the framework of Spain’s cooperation with that institution.
In this work, former President Adolfo Suárez looks back at the original proposals and main objective of the transition, which was none other than to “return to the Spanish people their sovereignty,” which had been taken away from them forty years earlier. He continues by discussing such topics as the important role played by the monarchy, the Political Reform Bill, the first elections, the importance of the Moncloa Agreements, reaching consensus and the Spanish Constitution. Also available on the Spanish Transition Foundation website is the translation into Arabic of the Moncloa Agreements and the Spanish Constitution.
Arab societies and governments are facing a highly complex period of transition, and the experience of the Spanish transition may undoubtedly serve as a guide to these governments in the consolidation of democratic systems, the development of an active civil society and the promotion of transparent institutions. In this sense, Casa Árabe believes that the translation of these documents into Arabic may be of great interest to Arab peoples and politicians.
A. Suárez González, “La transición en sus planteamientos y resultados” (“The Transition, Its Proposals and Results”), at the Royal Academy of History. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the reign of H.M. King Juan Carlos I, Madrid, 2002, Chapter 7.
