If you stand in front of a police van, you dust off a Francoist flag and start reciting all kinds of praise towards the dictatorship, he will be able to move forward at will without anything or anyone standing in his way. The Police will not bother you nor the Democratic Memory Law, a rule that has been in force for two years and that supposedly seeks to defend the criminal regime.
Government sources have confirmed to Public which Jose Luis Corralleader of the Spanish Catholic Movement (MCE), was suspicious from the beginning: his repeated acts of exaltation of Francoism have not been subject to no type of sanction by the Secretary of State for Democratic Memory, in charge of ensuring compliance with the aforementioned law.
“There is no news,” the Executive stated when asked by this newspaper about possible files open to the MCE for breaking the rule, which establishes fines for those who incite “exaltation of the military uprisingof war or dictatorship”, in such a way that “discredit, contempt or humiliation” is produced towards the victims.
In November 2022, the Government announced that had opened a file with the MCE for an event held in Plaza de Oriente. At that rally, Corral denigrated the memory of the victims of the dictatorship. “Marxism is Luciferian, satanic, evil. Those are the bad guys, we must put an end to them, even after death”he stated.
“Those who Now they are victims, they retired killing“, also said the leader of the Franco group. “How can they not hate the only general who has defeated communism in an open war and that his name was Francisco Franco,” he added.
The video with this intervention was part of the file that opened the Secretary of State for Democratic Memory to determine whether the new law, which had come into force 20 days earlier, had been violated. Two years later, the Executive recognizes that there have been no “news.”
The Francoist challenge reached its peak on July 20, when the ultras led by Corral went to the San Isidro cemetery to pay tribute to José Antonio Primo de Rivera. The remains of the founder of the Falange have been there since April 2023, when they were transferred from the Valley of the Fallen this new location that has become part of the extreme right’s tours of Madrid.
As he was able to verify Publicthe Franco group informed Government Delegation that he was going to hold a rally outside that cemetery, without encountering any problems. There were also no problems with the National Police officers who stood next to the Francoists and who were direct witnesses of the Francoist apology made by the speakers.
“Wonderful ideals”
The Galician far-right José María Permuy He positioned himself comfortably in front of the Police van and, without any surprise, dedicated about five minutes to praising the dictatorship. “We are celebrating that historic date that is commemorated on July 18. We are remembering neither more nor less than the liberation of our homeland of the real, certain and imminent threat of communism,” he stated.
“Thank God, Generalissimo Franco and the political forces that supported that uprising, it ended up being a new regime, with new ideals, some wonderful ideals“. Corral also spoke there, who reminded his followers that this event had been called against the “insane” memory law to prevent it from being described as “a rally in homage to the dictatorship.”
“This event is not called in homage to the dictatorship, it is called in protest for the democratic memory lawto tell these tremendous truths,” said the MCE leader. “We also want to know where there are thousands of Republicans murdered by other Republicans, because They killed each other like beasts“he added. Then, the ultras sang Cara al Sol with their arms raised in front of the police guarding the meeting.
macabre lists
Corral is now preparing a new calendar of masses and rallies to commemorate 20N. Among other activities, the Francoists plan to celebrate a new event in Plaza de Oriente to honor Franco on a new anniversary of his death.
While paying tribute to the dictator, the MCE ultras laugh at the dead leftists. This group publishes every few weeks on its official Telegram channel some lists with the names of deceased politicians, victims of Franco’s regime, trade unionists or journalistsalong with degrading messages such as “rojiprogre harvest that is going to be accountable to the Almighty”, “they will not return from vacation” or “they will no longer be able to vote.”
After the news released by Public Regarding these macabre lists, sources from the Secretariat of State for Democratic Memory indicated that this matter will be reviewed “in case there would be contempt to the victims”.
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