Of the oath or promise to observe the constitution at the parliamentary level.

Abstract

The introduction, in the legal and regulatory field, of the requirement of the oath or promise to acquire full parliamentary status has generated in recent years an interesting controversy since this procedure, whose legal and political significance is debatable, has been used by the parliamentarians to carry out proclamations and claims of all kinds, thus distorting the constitutional limits set by the Constitutional Court regarding compliance
with this requirement.

Summary:
I. Introduction. II. Legal Transcendence. III. Relevance of the formula used. IV. Maintaining or eliminating the requirement of the oath or promise? V. Conclusions.