Bildu agrees with the Government that the memory law recognizes victims until 1983 and declares Franco's justice illegal

The agreement allows the PSOE and Podemos to approach the majority to approve the law, since they also have the PNV

MADRID, 28 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Bildu's spokeswoman in Congress, Mertxe Aizpurua, announced this Tuesday that her group will support the new Democratic Memory Law after having agreed with the government groups that the law recognizes victims of human rights violations up to 1983. This would include those who suffered torture or were the object of the so-called 'dirty war' against ETA during the 5 years after the approval of the Constitution and could affect the GAL in the first year of the government of Felipe González - who came to the Executive in October from 1982--. It is also contemplated to declare "illegal" the courts created by the Franco regime.

At a press conference in the Lower House, Aizpurua welcomed an agreement that, in his opinion, will serve to improve and make "more ambitious" the legislation on historical memory that will replace the one in force since 2007.

In addition, Bildu has alluded to the agreement on two other amendments that he has closed with the PSOE and United We Can. The first foresees that in a year the Fort of San Cristóbal, in Pamplona, ​​used as a prison during the Franco regime, will be declared a Place of Memory; and the second, the transfer of the Palacio de la Cumbre to the City Council of San Sebastián.

That building was the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during Francisco Franco's stays in the city, later the residence of the civil governor of Guipúzcoa and where José Antonio Lasa and José Ignacio Zabala were tortured.

He also explained that thanks to an amendment agreed with Bildu, the new rule guarantees the creation of an independent commission of experts to study and draw up a report on "the clarification of human rights violations during the Franco dictatorship by receiving of testimonies, information and compilation of documents".

Another of the pacts that the abertzale coalition has sealed with the government groups contemplates the "explicit" declaration in the law of the "illegality and illegitimacy" of the Francoist courts constituted after the 1936 coup d'état, as well as "the nullity of all its resolutions and sentences".

The agreement will allow the PSOE and Podemos to approach a sufficient majority to approve the Law of Democratic Memory despite the opposition of the PP, Vox and citizens and the lack of agreement with Esquerra, and the fact is that the Government also has tied the support of the PNV and of other minorities.

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