Citizens consider the departure of the Macarena from the remains of Queipo de Llano an "act of propaganda"

MADRID, 24 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The deputy of Ciudadanos Guillerno Díaz considers the exhumation of the remains of the Francoist general Gonzalo Queipo de Llano an "act of propaganda" to transfer them out of the Sevillian basilica of La Macarena and has criticized that the brotherhood has found out "through the press" of the intentions of the Executive.

"They are propaganda acts and they don't even contact those affected," Díaz protested during a press conference at the national headquarters of the 'orange' party.

The Secretary of State for Democratic Memory, Fernando Martínez López, has sent a letter to the older brother of La Macarena reminding him that the remains of Queipo de Llano and Francisco Bohórquez Vecina must leave that church by virtue of the new Law of Democratic Memory and asking him to facilitate "as much as possible and as soon as possible the completion of the necessary procedures" for the exhumation of both.

"We would like them to have the same firmness when it comes to removing the dead as when it comes to fighting living murderers and their tributes," the Citizens deputy commented on this issue, taking the opportunity to recall that his formation offered to negotiate the new Memory Law if the Government approved its proposal to prohibit tributes to ETA members.

"The government told us no because the spokesmen for the murderers who are in jail said that there were not going to be any more tributes and less than a month later the first one took place and there have already been at least five since then," he said, emphasizing that, in his opinion, the Executive suffers from "an unfortunate memory, because it is selective".