Spain's supreme court rules in favor of moving former dictator Franco's remains
MADRID - Spain’s supreme court ruled on Tuesday in favor of exhuming the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco and moving them from the state mausoleum in which he was buried in 1975.
The government of Socialist Pedro Sanchez can now go ahead with plans to move the remains from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum near Madrid to Mingorrubio El Pardo, a state cemetery on the outskirts of the capital where his wife is buried. “This is a great victory for Spanish democracy,” acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. “The determination to repair the suffering of the victims of Franco always guided the action of the government.”
A lawyer for the family of Franco said they would make further appeals, including to European courts, but a government source said the exhumation could now go ahead.“This is a violation of personal and family rights ... with a government prohibiting a family from burying one of its members where it wants,” lawyer Felipe Utrera Molina told TVE.
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