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Extremadura Passes ‘Ley de Concordia,’ Repealing 2019 Historical Memory Statute

The PP–Vox majority approved a shift toward reconciliation that the PSOE says it will contest before the Constitutional Court.

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Overview

  • The regional assembly passed the measure with votes from PP and Vox, while PSOE and Unidas por Extremadura opposed it.
  • The law recognizes victims of political violence from 1931 to the present and orders a victims census, a georeferenced graves map, and a Technical Commission within one year.
  • Ongoing exhumations will proceed, but other procedures under the 2019 statute will lapse once the new framework takes effect after its publication in the regional gazette.
  • Spain’s memory minister Ángel Víctor Torres criticized the repeal as new remains were recovered this week at the La Paloma mine in Cáceres.
  • All 115 opposition amendments were rejected, and PSOE leader Miguel Ángel Gallardo urged a Constitutional Court review and pledged to repeal the law if his party returns to power.