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The Supreme Court has responded Thursday to the legal services of the Government of Pedro Sánchez that can now access the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen to exhume the mortal remains of the dictator Francisco Franco. The refusal of prior Santiago Cantera is not an obstacle to carry out the transfer of the caudillo's body to the cemetery of Mingorrubio-El Pardo.

In a ruling, the Contentious-Administrative Chamber responds to the request of the State Advocacy requesting an authorization to access the Basilica of the Fallen Valley already before the opposition of the prior of the abbey to allow such entry.

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. "

The High Court now emphasizes that the ruling 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 for 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 remember that Article 118 of the Spanish Constitution "forces everyone to comply with the final sentences."

On the other hand, the same Section of the Third Chamber has agreed on Thursday to lift the precautionary suspension of said agreements of the Council of Ministers that was established last June and July while the resources of the Franco Foundation , the Benedictine Community of the Abbey of the Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen, and the Association for the Defense of the Valley of the Fallen . In three cases, one in relation to each of the aforementioned entities, the Chamber argues that the measure must be lifted after the resolution of the Franco family's appeal.

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