Speak, people, speak. This is the moment. Don V listen to those who say stay silent. Don't let anyone decide for you.
Urged on by an electronic barrage of such jingles, nearly four-fifths of Spain's 23 million voters−including King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia −turned out last week for the country's first free vote since 1936. By a resounding 94.2%, the political reform bill drafted by Premier Adolfo Suárez's five-month-old government was approved, setting the stage for the election next spring of a bicameral legislature.
For Suárez, the referendum was another triumphant step on...
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