Look what has appeared in Spain's official gazette

Juan García-Gallardo has harshly criticized the content of the explanatory memorandum of a royal decree-law published in the BOE. The dispute is not over the articles, but over the language accompanying the law.

## What Juan García-Gallardo said
The VOX politician **Juan García-Gallardo** has attacked the content that, according to him, appears in the explanatory memorandum of a **royal decree-law** published in the **BOE** (Spain's official state gazette). In his post, he attributes the passage to a contemptuous ideological profile and declares that the BOE is in the hands of "lunatics". The criticism is aimed at the preamble of the law, not at its articles.

A royal decree-law is a rule with the force of law that the Government can pass in cases of urgent necessity. The 1978 Constitution, in its article 86, requires Congress to validate it within 30 days. The explanatory memorandum has no direct normative force, but it is used to interpret the law.

## Why the explanatory memorandum matters
The **BOE** is the official gazette of the State. Laws, decrees and official acts are published there. Its language becoming the object of political dispute does not change the articles, but it does affect interpretation and the image of the institutions.

García-Gallardo's disparagement is political, not legal. An explanatory memorandum can help a court understand what the law was intended to achieve, although it is not binding like the articles themselves. To assess the legality of the text, it would be necessary to read it in full and, where appropriate, take the matter to court.