Has Spain become a dictatorship?

Posted on December 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

Spain’s prime minister has said his government may extend an emergency decree it has put in place to end a 24-hour wildcat air traffic controllers’ strike. Flights have returned to normal after a weekend of travel chaos which disrupted hundreds of thousands of journeys. Officials said 250,000 people were hit by Saturday’s walkout, amid a long-running dispute about working hours. The emergency measures had not been seen since military rule. The state of alert allows the government to arrest those who refuse to work.

“The government has issued a decree for a period of a state of alert to ensure normality,” which is due to continue for 15 days, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said. “Depending on how the situation develops, the government will take the decision to extend the measure, and will of course do it taking public opinion into consideration and in conjunction with political parties.” Threats of further strikes over the Christmas and New Year period would thus be quashed by the government, reports say..

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