Post by naeem10 on Feb 15, 2024 4:07:06 GMT -6
Once again the Ministry of Defense refuses to remove Franco's name from a legionary military unit according to the answer to a parliamentary question given to Compromís in the Senate and to which Nuevatribuna has had access . The Valencian senator Carles Mulet, once again insisted to the Government, as he has been doing for years, that the name 'Comandante Franco Flag' referring to the unit of the Third 'Great Captain' of the Legion be eliminated. On previous occasions, Defense has justified its refusal by alleging that “the Protected Infantry Flag I framed in the Third Grand Captain of the Legion, belonging to the General Command of Melilla, bears the name of Commander Franco because he was the first head of the unit, between the years 1920 an.
The Day of the Armed Forces, NATO and the Legion's sheep On this occasion, the Ministry claims to have complied with the 2007 Memory Law , which is why, according to Mulet, "they consider it valid for Franco to name a unit of the Legion", and all despite the fact that the Government itself He already recognized at the time that maintaining that Bangladesh Email List name in the military sphere violated said regulations. In its response, the Cabinet of Margarita Robles alludes to the new Democratic Memory Law in which “new provisions are included regarding issues raised by your honor.” However, Mulet affirms that the project sent to the Cortes does not contemplate cases like the one described and announces that her group will present amendments in this regard.
The senator's reading of the ministerial response is that the minister is not going to withdraw her name if the law does not require it. Compromís has also demanded that Defense stop “hiding information” and publish Franco's official service record and his personal file as they are kept in the General Military Archive of Segovia “so that it can be objectively verified, that in addition to genocidal and coup plotter, there are also no merits, ignoring the criminal record, to have any professional merit as a commander,” he states. Mulet concludes by regretting that Robles “is so comfortable with these types of situations” that are “an insult to the victims of Francoism.” In his opinion “he has had too many opportunities to erase this name and he simply did not want to, positioning himself for the umpteenth time on the wrong side of history.
The Day of the Armed Forces, NATO and the Legion's sheep On this occasion, the Ministry claims to have complied with the 2007 Memory Law , which is why, according to Mulet, "they consider it valid for Franco to name a unit of the Legion", and all despite the fact that the Government itself He already recognized at the time that maintaining that Bangladesh Email List name in the military sphere violated said regulations. In its response, the Cabinet of Margarita Robles alludes to the new Democratic Memory Law in which “new provisions are included regarding issues raised by your honor.” However, Mulet affirms that the project sent to the Cortes does not contemplate cases like the one described and announces that her group will present amendments in this regard.
The senator's reading of the ministerial response is that the minister is not going to withdraw her name if the law does not require it. Compromís has also demanded that Defense stop “hiding information” and publish Franco's official service record and his personal file as they are kept in the General Military Archive of Segovia “so that it can be objectively verified, that in addition to genocidal and coup plotter, there are also no merits, ignoring the criminal record, to have any professional merit as a commander,” he states. Mulet concludes by regretting that Robles “is so comfortable with these types of situations” that are “an insult to the victims of Francoism.” In his opinion “he has had too many opportunities to erase this name and he simply did not want to, positioning himself for the umpteenth time on the wrong side of history.