24 Aug, 2018 @ 11:56
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General Franco’s body will be exhumed thanks to Spain government decree being signed TODAY

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Franco in his days as Spain's dictator
WRONG?: Valley of the Fallen where Franco’s body remains

SPAIN will pass a decree today signing off on the exhumation General Franco’s body. 

It comes after new PSOE prime minister made the removal of the dictator’s remains a top priority when he ousted conservative PM Mariano Rajoy in a no confidence vote earlier this year.
The Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) near Madrid, where the remains are held, is the last shrine to a dictator in Europe.
Franco in his days as Spain’s dictator

“As an established and European democracy, Spain cannot allow for symbols that divide Spaniards,” Sanchez told public broadcaster TVE shortly after he came to power.

He said such a tribute would be ‘unthinkable’ in other European countries like Italy and Germany.

Sanchez wants to convert the site into a place of ‘reconciliation’ and memory for all Spaniards.

 

 

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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