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PP Boycotts Congress Talk on Franco’s Last Executions Despite Family’s Appeal

The talk is part of the Day of Remembrance created by the 2022 Democratic Memory Law.

Overview

  • The Congress has scheduled a Thursday conversation with writers Aroa Moreno Durán and Roger Mateos on the 1975 executions, presented as a historical discussion rather than a tribute.
  • PP parliamentary spokesperson Ester Muñoz said the party will not attend because it will not "convert into heroes five terrorists."
  • Organizers say the event seeks reflection on the period with a clear rejection of all violence and was not conceived as an homage to those executed.
  • Flor Baena, sister of FRAP member Xosé Humberto Baena, urged PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo in a letter to reverse the boycott and attend.
  • The reporting notes the Government recently annulled Baena’s conviction, and the event is tied to the October 31 commemoration for victims of the coup, war, and dictatorship.