Yolanda Díaz begins the procedures to remove Franco’s labor merit medal

2023-06-16 18:09:55

The Ministry of Labour, headed by the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, has initiated the procedure for the withdrawal of the medal of merit to work the dictator Francisco Franco and other prominent leaders linked to the dictatorship.

This is how one picks it up resolution of the undersecretariat of the Ministrypublished in the Official State Gazette (BOE), which reports the start of the process of revocation of this decoration, by virtue of the application of the Democratic Memory Law, ordered by the minister herself.

Díaz already advanced in October of last year that I was going to proceed to strip Franco already leaders of his regime of this distinction, and that his forecast was to do so with a total of 62 personalities who had “blood-stained hands”.

Specifically, the withdrawal is limited to a dozen senior officials of the dictatorship, given that in addition to Franco finclude former soldiers and regime ministers Juan Yagüe, José Luis Arrese, José Antonio Girón, José Solís Ruiz Jesús Romero Gorría, José María Fernández Ladreda (also former mayor of Oviedo), Cardinal Enrique Plá y Deniel, the soldier and former mayor of Cádiz José León de Carranza and the businessman and procurator of the Francoist courts Félix Huarte.

According to Work, the measure is included in article 45.1 of the aforementioned Democratic Memory Lawsince it is a guideline that in view of the age of the recognitions included in these agreements and the impossibility of locating the natural or legal persons who may have a legitimate interest in the proceedings and those who urged the awarding of the Medal, we proceed to publicize the start of medal withdrawal procedures.

“To this end, those who consider that they may have a legitimate interest in the proceduremay communicate it, justifying said interest within a period of 10 business days from the first business day following the publication of this resolution”, the Labor resolution delves into.

At the time, Díaz pointed out that the dispossession of this award granted by the Ministry is applied under article 42 of the new lawwhich enables the option of reviewing prices and awards granted by the Government when the beneficiary has been part of the Francoist repression apparatus, or for engaging in conduct incompatible with democratic values ​​and respect for Human Rights.

The vice president explained that these recognitions to Francoist leaders they are an “infamy” and that it is necessary to restore “dignity”, “justice” and “reparation” in accordance with the democratic mandate. “There can be no shadow areas in this matter,” she has deepened.