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| Franco's family vows to stop Spanish dictator's exhumation | Franco's family vows to stop Spanish dictator's exhumation |
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| The family of Spain’s late fascist dictator Francisco Franco will use all possible legal means to prevent a government plan to move their ancestor’s remains from a grand monument near Madrid. | The family of Spain’s late fascist dictator Francisco Franco will use all possible legal means to prevent a government plan to move their ancestor’s remains from a grand monument near Madrid. |
| The Guardian view on Franco’s exhumation: lifting a stone from a brutal past | Editorial | The Guardian view on Franco’s exhumation: lifting a stone from a brutal past | Editorial |
| According to several national Spanish newspapers, seven grandchildren of Franco issued a statement expressing their “firm and unanimous” opposition to the exhumation. | According to several national Spanish newspapers, seven grandchildren of Franco issued a statement expressing their “firm and unanimous” opposition to the exhumation. |
| The statement, reported in El País, El Mundo and La Vanguardia among others, was a response to a decree passed on Friday to reduce the risk that legal claims could impede the plan, a longstanding ambition of the ruling Socialists. | The statement, reported in El País, El Mundo and La Vanguardia among others, was a response to a decree passed on Friday to reduce the risk that legal claims could impede the plan, a longstanding ambition of the ruling Socialists. |
| The Valley of the Fallen site, where Franco and tens of thousands of victims of Spain’s 1936-39 civil war are buried, has been criticised as Europe’s only remaining monument to a fascist leader. | The Valley of the Fallen site, where Franco and tens of thousands of victims of Spain’s 1936-39 civil war are buried, has been criticised as Europe’s only remaining monument to a fascist leader. |
| During Franco’s 1939-1975 rule – which remains a highly sensitive topic more than four decades after his death – tens of thousands of his enemies were killed and imprisoned in a campaign to wipe out dissent, while as many as 500,000 combatants and civilians died in the civil war, which split the nation in two. | During Franco’s 1939-1975 rule – which remains a highly sensitive topic more than four decades after his death – tens of thousands of his enemies were killed and imprisoned in a campaign to wipe out dissent, while as many as 500,000 combatants and civilians died in the civil war, which split the nation in two. |
| It was not immediately clear what legal avenues are open to Franco’s descendants in the face of a decree that needs to be approved by parliament, but is unlikely to be voted down. | It was not immediately clear what legal avenues are open to Franco’s descendants in the face of a decree that needs to be approved by parliament, but is unlikely to be voted down. |
| Yes, Spain should dig Franco up. But it must not bury the horror of his regime | Giles Tremlett | Yes, Spain should dig Franco up. But it must not bury the horror of his regime | Giles Tremlett |
| The statement said the family hoped the Benedictine order in charge of the site, which is marked by a 152-metre (500ft) high cross, would prevent the state’s “vengefulness”, the papers said. | The statement said the family hoped the Benedictine order in charge of the site, which is marked by a 152-metre (500ft) high cross, would prevent the state’s “vengefulness”, the papers said. |
| The decree gives the family 15 days from the end of August to decide where they want the remains to be taken, or cede that decision to the government. | The decree gives the family 15 days from the end of August to decide where they want the remains to be taken, or cede that decision to the government. |
| “If an exhumation were to be performed against our will, we would demand that [the remains] are delivered to us so that we can proceed with a Christian burial,” the family’s statement said. | “If an exhumation were to be performed against our will, we would demand that [the remains] are delivered to us so that we can proceed with a Christian burial,” the family’s statement said. |
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