Spanish lawmakers vote to exhume Francisco Franco [non-binding resolution by socialists]

TheLocal.es ^ | 11 May 2017 14:12 CEST+02:00 | Fiona Govan

[Olog-hai]

Spain’s congress has voted in favor of digging up dictator Francisco Franco and removing his remains from the controversial Valley of the Fallen monument.

The non-binding resolution passed on Thursday proposes that the vast basilica, topped by a 150-meter-high granite cross, be transformed into a place of “reflection and reconciliation” rather than a monument to fascism.

The vote was passed after 198 MPs voted in favor of the motion presented by Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE), one voted against and 140 abstained. […]

The motion attempts to kick start the Historical Memory Law of 2007, which has effectively been ignored since the PP came to power in 2011. […]

The resolution, which had the support of Podemos, not only requests the removal of Franco, but calls for the transfer of José Antonio Primo to a less prominent position in the site. …

[SeeSharp]

Supporting one form of socialism over another is not saving anyone from socialism.

I think Spain fared much better under Franco than they would have under a Soviet puppet.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Spain is a major American submarine base...
I think they’re our allies.

[ComradeBork]

Joder, that’s a verb I never learned in four years of Spanish at my Catholic high school all those years ago...

[Oratam]

Chevy Chase's joke (actually, a joke written by an SNL writer) was a reaction to an early instance of fake news--the incessant reporting of the death of Franco a few days earlier. It marked enough of a departure from the norm that mocking it registered with the public.

[Olog-hai]

False dilemma. Spain started recovering only when the US decided to help, under Eisenhower. Kinda like how China started becoming strong after Nixon started helping them.

[ALASKA]

‘e’s feeling much better.....

[Windflier]

Spain is a major American submarine base... I think they’re our allies.

I'm joking, of course, but it's because that country has become so inconsequential in the modern era. Their only lasting legacy seems to be the imprint of their language on the Americas.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I did a series of interviews with veterans for our local newspaper’s Veterans Day edition. One fellow was on a non-missile sub, based for a time in Spain.
Of all the ports he visited, Spain was the greatest with the greatest, friendliest people.
He said he could see himself living there in retirement...