• Justice.The Supreme authorizes the Government to "access" the basilica of the Valley of the Fallen to exhume Franco
  • Exhumation. The Government on the prior of the Valley of the Fallen: "We no longer have to ask permission from anyone, it cannot be an obstacle"

The grandchildren of the leader Francisco Franco have requested this Thursday the Government of Pedro Sánchez not to carry out the exhumation of the mortal remains of his grandfather until the Constitutional Court (TC) decides on the admission or inadmissibility of the appeal for amparo filed this noon by the Martínez Bordiú family and, in particular, on the very precautionary measures requested from the guarantee court to paralyze the execution of the final judgment of the Supreme Court.

As reported by the defense of the Franco, in the last hours a brief has been submitted to the Council of Ministers "giving an account of the filing of the appeal for amparo and requesting that, respecting the right to effective judicial protection that assists my represented , refrain from any action aimed at the execution of the aforementioned exhumation agreement as well as to adopt any decision regarding an eventual death of Francisco Franco Bahamonde until the Constitutional Court has ruled on the appeal filed and on the measures very cautious requested. "

This last movement of the family occurs after the Supreme Court authorized this Thursday the Executive to access the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen to proceed with the transfer of the mortal remains of the dictator - to the cemetery of Mingorrubio El Pardo - despite that the prior Santiago Cantera has refused to facilitate the entrance to the sacred temple.

Cantera sent a letter yesterday to the acting Vice President of the Government Carmen Calvo where she maintained that she did not authorize the exhumation in defense of the "principle of inviolability of places of worship and in defense of the correct interpretation of the Agreements between the Spanish State and the Holy Headquarters, without prejudice to other fundamental rights and moral and religious values ​​that we understand violated. "

"Pretty legitimate title"

The High Court has responded that the sentence issued last week - rejecting the appeal of the Franco family against the exhumation approved by the Executive of Pedro Sánchez - is by itself "legitimate enough title" to carry out the actions provided by the agreements of the Council of Ministers of February 15 and March 15, and therefore access the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen to proceed to the exhumation of Franco. In a ruling, the judges also remind the Benedictine that article 118 of the Spanish Constitution "obliges everyone to comply with final sentences."

For their part, in their appeal for amparo filed before the Constitutional Court, the Franks argue that several fundamental rights have been violated - such as equality or personal and family privacy - and request the guardian of the Magna Carta to adopt a consistent precautionary measure in the suspension of the aforementioned agreements of the Council of Ministers and the ruling of the Supreme Court. The grandchildren of the caudillo stress that "the exhumation of the remains of Francisco Franco Bahamonde and his transfer to the Mingorrubio-El Pardo Cemetery would cause irreparable damage not only to the interests of the family but also to a very serious disruption to the public interests embodied in the State and in its constitutional institutions. "

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