The Franco Foundation appeals to the AN the Defense decision to change the name to a flag of the Legion

MADRID, 18 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Francisco Franco National Foundation (FNFF) has filed a contentious-administrative appeal before the National Court (AN) against the resolution of the Ministry of Defense in which it has ordered the change of the name of the 'Commander Franco Flag' of the Legion by that of 'Bandera España', in application of the Law of Democratic Memory approved last October by the Cortes Generales.

In the brief presented before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber, to which Europa Press has had access, the foundation has argued that among its "statutory purposes" are "the performance of any activity that leads to honoring the figure of Franco and preserving his legacy", including, in this sense, "to request effective legal protection before the competent jurisdiction" when he considers that these objectives are not met.

Thus, the Board of Directors of the Franco Foundation has unanimously approved of its members to challenge before the contentious-administrative jurisdiction the Resolution 420/00668/23, of January 16, of the Ministry of Defense that resolves the change of name 'Flag Commander Franco ' of the Tercio 'Great Captain' of the Legion, of the General Command of Melilla, which from now on will be called 'Bandera España'.

The department headed by Margarita Robles alluded, in a resolution published this Tuesday in the Official Defense Gazette (BOD), to article 35 of the new Memory Law, which affects "symbols and elements contrary to democratic memory."

Specifically, it points out as elements contrary to democratic memory those references "to the military uprising and the dictatorship, to its leaders, participants in the repressive system or to the organizations that supported the dictatorship and the civil or military units of collaboration between the Franco regime and the axis powers during World War II".

In a statement, the FNFF criticized the Government for having achieved one more "victory in its fight to misrepresent" the figure of Franco and the history of Spain after the decision to change the name of the flag and has defended that "whether they like it or no, the First Flag will always be the one founded by Francisco Franco and his memory will remain unalterable". In addition, he reminded the Executive that "he will never" be able to avoid that "the legionary spirit that embedded them passes from one generation to another without a solution of continuity."