During the uncertain situation of the night of 23 February 1981, with all the members of parliament held hostage in the Congress building and with tanks on the streets of Valencia, and before the state television station could transmit a speech by King Juan Carlos I condemning the coup, El País published a special edition of the newspaper called 'El País, for the Constitution'.
En plena incertiume da noite do 23 de febreiro de 1981, co goberno e todos os deputados secuestrados no Congreso, cos tanques do exército ocupando as rúas de Valencia, e antes de que Televisión Española puidese emitir a mensaxe institucional do Rei Xoán Carlos I condenando o golpe, El País sacou á rúa unha edición especial do xornal titulada «El País, con la Constitución».