Francoism

EH Bildu has appeared together with victims of Francoism and state violence and has called for participation in the demonstration on 22 November.

The Ministry of Culture informs the Francisco Franco Foundation of the initiation of the proceedings, explaining in a resolution of 37 pages the reasons for the dissolution, including the apology of Francoism and the humiliation of the victims.

On the 50th anniversary of his arrival on the throne, the emeritus king of Spain has pointed out that on 23 February 1981, not one, there were three coups d'état. 

They will remember the last gunmen of Francoism with a round table where two writers will talk about these events on the occasion of Dictatorship Victims Day.

The lehendakari has defended the action of the Ertzaintza on 12 October on several streets in the centre of the Alavesa capital, where radical groups burned containers and caused extensive material damage following a rally called by the Spanish Falange.

On 23 February 1981, the Civil Guard Antonio Tejero entered the Congress of Deputies to the cry of "Stop all!" After the failed coup d'état, he was expelled from the Civil Guard for military rebellion and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment, serving only half of his sentence, and released in 1996.

A question by Mertxe Aizpurua (EH Bildu) on measures to end the exaltation of Francoism has provoked a fierce confrontation between the Socialist Party and the People's Party. In his reply to EH Bildu's parliamentary spokesman, Pedro Sánchez has announced that a catalogue of Franco symbols will be drawn up that will be removed from the streets.

Sanchez made this announcement at the Government Control Session in the plenary of Congress in response to a question from EH Bildu's parliamentary spokeswoman, Mertxe Aizpurua, who asked him what measures the government will take to "end the exaltation of Francoism." 

EH Bilduko legebiltzarkide eta programa zuzendariak Euskadi Irratian azaldu dunez, Jaurlaritzak erabil izan zitzakeen "Ordena Publikoaren legea, Memoriaren legea eta Herritarren Babeserako legea" Falanjearen elkarretaratzea debekatzeko, espero izatekoa zelako "faxistak faxistakeriak egitera zetozela, eta ez Ama Zuriari loreak jartzera".

Batzordearen esanetan, "errepresioaren testigantza materialak" gordetzea baliagarria da memoria historikoa eraikitzeko tresna gisa. Horrela, "totalitarismoa gurtzeko leku zena pentsamendu kritikoko gune bihurtu nahi da, 1936ko estatu-kolpearen sustraiei, testuinguru historikoari eta ondorioei buruzko ezagutza historikoa, eta balio demokratikoak sustatzeko ekintza politiko eta kulturalerako gune".

The detainees were charged with a crime of public disorder for throwing stones and various materials at agents of the security apparatus. They were also involved in the counter-demonstration against the action of Falange Española.

The Basque Government's Assessment Committee ruled in 2015 that there was insufficient evidence to refute the official version of suicide, and now, with these new indications, they are asking the Basque Government to reevaluate the case.

A few months before the death of the dictator Franco, on 5 October 1975, ETA killed three civil guards in the shrine of Aránzazu. That same day, at night, three strangers shot Iñaki Etxabe at the bar in Kanpazar. The Spanish Basque Battalion claimed responsibility for the attack. 

According to Sortu's Secretary General, "the Spanish Government is facing an historic opportunity to provide a democratic solution to the Spanish problem."

It is half a century since the Franchists shot Jon Paredes' Txiki 'and Angel Otaegi . For a long time, their relatives have been working hard not to lose their memory. They have felt very forgotten by the institutions, because those two young people who fought against the Franco dictatorship were not recognized as victims until 2012.

The PNV and the PSE-EE claim to be victims of Francoism, but call for terrorism not to be blurred. EH Bildu defends their memory as a "reference" for the fight against Francoism and calls for the PP to remember the "crimes" they committed.

He has announced that he will file a lawsuit for the death of Roque Méndez Villada and José Luis Mondragón Elorza, who died in 1974 in a Franco police operation in Hondarribia.

"Gora Euskal Herria askatuta" can be read on one banner, and on the other you can see two civil guards shooting a person.

The announcement was made by the General Representative of Álava, Ramiro González, during his floral offering this Wednesday in memory of the people repressed in Álava by the Franco dictatorship, an event organized annually by the Provincial Council and the General Meetings of the territory and attended by public offices and family members.

The city reaffirms its commitment to democratic memory and recognition of those who suffered violence, repression and exile during the 1936 military coup and the years of dictatorship. Municipal authorities, associations, institutional representatives and citizens participated in the event.