Spain passes legislation to bring justice to victims of the Franco regime

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/05/spain-passes-law-to-bring-dignity-to-franco-era-victims

Five decades after the death of General Franco, and three years after the Spanish dictator’s remains were finally removed from his hulking mausoleum outside Madrid, the country’s senate has approved legislation intended to bring “justice, reparation and dignity” to the victims of the civil war and subsequent dictatorship.

On Wednesday afternoon, the upper house of Spain’s parliament passed the socialist-led government’s Democratic Memory law, with 128 votes in favour, 113 against, and 18 abstentions.

The legislation, which was approved by Spain’s congress in July, contains dozens of measures intended to help “settle Spanish democracy’s debt to its past”.


Among them are the creation of a census and a national DNA bank to help locate and identify the remains of the tens of thousands of people who still lie in unmarked graves, a ban on groups that glorify the Franco regime, and a “redefinition” of the Valley of the Fallen, the giant basilica and memorial where Franco lay for 44 years until his exhumation in 2019.

According to the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the legislation will help “encourage a shared discussion based on the defence of peace, on pluralism and on broadening human rights and constitutional freedoms”.

https://twitter.com/sanchezcastejon/status/1577716225270059029

[CumbrianLefty]

*Of course* the right wing parties voted against this.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Better late than never.

[Oryxslayer]

*Of course* the right wing parties voted against this.

Spoilers: they'll also repeal it if PP + Vox gets a majority like polls say.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

When Spanish politicians can do little else, they relitigate arguments about the Civil War.

[Tintrlvr]

*Of course* the right wing parties voted against this.

How did Cs vote?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

*Of course* the right wing parties voted against this.

Spoilers: they'll also repeal it if PP + Vox gets a majority like polls say.

Very likely, but they too will probably wait until they're otherwise f-cked politically, lmao.

[jeron]

*Of course* the right wing parties voted against this.

How did Cs vote?

No

[Santander]

I would support it if they brought justicialism to the victims.

[Lief 🗽]

Might as well shovel as much money to your constituencies before Vox takes power, perhaps permanently, next election.

[Santander]

Might as well shovel as much money to your constituencies before Vox takes power, perhaps permanently, next election.

I am getting so excited. Southern Europe will suddenly become the place to be again for the first time in hundreds of years.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

*Of course* the right wing parties voted against this.

Spoilers: they'll also repeal it if PP + Vox gets a majority like polls say.

PP + Vox are among the most disgusting parties in Europe.

I'd would prefer Le Pen and Meloni over any PP / Vox politician.

[CumbrianLefty]

Might as well shovel as much money to your constituencies before Vox takes power, perhaps permanently, next election.

The first of those is unlikely (as opposed to a minority share of power, which is bad enough)

As for "permanently" - this is SnowLabrador territory.