The Government says that Felipe González will be more rigorous when he reads the Memory Law

He denies that the pact with Bildu questions the story of the Transition

MADRID, 6 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Territorial Policy and Government spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, has indicated this Wednesday that the former President of the Government Felipe González will show himself with "more rigor" when he reads the new Law of Democratic Memory after he transferred that it does not "sound good" that this rule will recognize the victims of human rights violations until 1983.

"I have heard that he has to read it and surely he will be more rigorous when he has read that law," the government spokeswoman said in an interview on Radio Nacional, collected by Europa Press, when asked about González's assessment of this provision that could affect the GAL in his first year in office, which he arrived in October 1982.

Along these lines, Isabel Rodríguez has indicated that she is not surprised by the position of former President José María Aznar who criticizes the fact that this new law has been agreed with Bildu. "Aznar never had complexes in using a drama like that of terrorism in Spain for partisan purposes. He did it when they killed, imagine now," she pointed out.

The minister spokesperson has defended that this law is a commitment of the PSOE and the Government to "respond to the memory" and to "value the effort made in the Transition for the arrival of democracy in Spain". "It is a positive law that advances the democratic quality of our country," she pointed out.

Likewise, he has assured that he does not question the story of the Transition, but "quite the contrary". Asked if they consider the fact that the law passed without the support of the opposition a lost opportunity, the minister acknowledged that "it would have been desirable" to have had the support of all the political forces, but there is a Parliament "with these majorities".

Lastly, regarding the tribute to former PP councilor Miguel Ángel Blanco that is being held in Ermua, the spokeswoman hopes that this controversy will not tarnish this event, which is expected to be attended by the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, among other authorities.

In relation to the criticism of the victims' associations that have announced that they will not attend the tribute in rejection of Sánchez's policies, the minister has transferred respect "always" to the victims who will find in the Government "the recognition of their pain and the work for its repair".