2023-04-24 15:29:00
Tension between the National Police and Falangist groups that were waiting for the arrival of the remains of José Antonio Primo de Rivera in the San Isidro cemetery. The clash occurred upon the arrival of the funeral procession, when the concentrations advanced towards the gate of the cemetery, until they collided with the police barrier, and resulted in three detainees, according to ‘Europa Press’. The mortal remains have been exhumed this Monday from the Valley of the Fallen.
The protests have been concentrated while they sang the Face to the Sun with their arms raised and shouts of “Arriba España”, “Criminal Government” and “First you murder and then you desecrate”. Some of them included banners with the face of the founder of the Falange , shot in 1936, and with shouts of the Falangist ordinance of “José Antonio Primo de Rivera ¡Presente!”.
The remains of Primo de Rivera They have arrived at the San Isidro cemeterywhere they will be buried. The hearse has entered the same escorted by the Civil Guard and accompanied by a long procession where the relatives of the founder of the Falange travel. Upon arrival, the Police had to contain sympathizers who They were trying to get past the security cordon..
Criticism of the Primo de Rivera family
More than a hundred people waited from early morning at the gates of the cemetery, in an atmosphere of some discomfort due to the exhumation and the attitude of the relatives. They ensure that no “they have fought enough” to avoid the situation.
They criticize the “silence” of the family and that they have not given a legal battle to defend your family. “The family is obviously not happy with the exhumation, but they have not fought as they should fight to maintain the right of the dead to rest,” they said.
The exhumation complies with the provisions of the 2022 Democratic Memory Law, which prevents the presence of mortal remains in any “preeminent” place on the premises, as happened in 2019 with the dictator Francisco Franco, also buried in the same place in 1975.
The works for the exhumation of José Antonio Primo de Rivera They have been carried out since 6:00 a.m. behind closed doors and have ended around 1:00 p.m., when the hearse has left the Valle de los Caídos or Valle de Cuelgamuros premises. This is his fifth burial and coincides with the 120th anniversary of his birth.
In 1936, Primo de Rivera was buried in a common grave. Two years later, his mortal remains were placed in a niche. It was not until after the Civil War that he was exhumed again and taken to El Escorial and until 1959 when he was buried in the Valley of the Fallen.
The mortal remains of several relatives of the founder of the Falange are also found in the Madrid cemetery. This is the case of his father until he was transferred to Jerez or his sister, Pilar Primo de Rivera.
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