西班牙宪法法院院长：质疑宪法法院，就是质疑民主本身
西班牙宪法法院院长 Cándido Conde-Pumpido 在10月11日发表的访谈中为本院辩护，称「质疑宪法法院，就是质疑民主本身」。
今年西班牙的政治冲突中，宪法法院的合法性是一个中心议题：宪法法院6月就特赦法作出的裁决，以及随后受理加泰罗尼亚领导人 Carles Puigdemont 的上诉，都引来右翼反对派的批评，指责法院偏向 Pedro Sánchez 政府。
Conde-Pumpido 认为，宪法法院在制度设计上就是民主机构，其成员由民主机构任命；攻击法院的权威，就是动摇法治本身。
这次访谈发表于提前大选宣布六天之后，宪法法院在竞选中再次成为围绕西班牙制度之争的中心。（来源：西班牙宪法法院）
Constitutional Court President: 'To Question the Court Is to Question Democracy'
The president of Spain's Constitutional Court, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, defended his institution in an interview published on October 11, declaring that "to question the Constitutional Court is to question democracy."
The court's legitimacy has been a central theme of Spain's political clash this year: its June ruling on the amnesty law and the subsequent admission of the Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont's appeal have drawn criticism from the right-wing opposition, which accuses the court of leaning toward the government of Pedro Sánchez.
Conde-Pumpido argued that the Constitutional Court is a democratic institution by design, whose members are appointed by democratic bodies, and that attacks on its authority undermine the rule of law itself.
The interview came six days after the snap election call, with the court once again at the centre of the campaign argument about Spain's institutions. (Source: Constitutional Court of Spain)
来源：西班牙宪法法院
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：西班牙宪法法院院长 Cándido Conde-Pumpido（资料图）。Wikimedia Commons 开放授权。 / Photo: Cándido Conde-Pumpido, president of Spain's Constitutional Court (file photo). Wikimedia Commons, open license.
GSM Global · 本篇英文版 English edition of this story
