Enrique Ponce: "I have as many friends on the left as on the right, how can I be a Francoist!"

• Bullfighting Enrique Ponce wore a jacket with buttons of Franco's effigy in Las Ventas: "There is no need to draw further conclusions"

Anda Enrique Ponce (Valencia, 1971) saddened by the controversy unleashed by his "Franco jacket". Old coins with the

served as buttons, not only on the jacket, but also on the waistcoat, which he wore at the recent Dos de Mayo festival in Las Ventas. "At no time have I tried to make an apology for Francoism, nor have I been a Francoist in my life, nor do I intend to resurrect a dictator. I

in the history of Spain and I

. In some there are

.

Or Elizabethan.

Or the King Emeritus ... I have not wanted to signify myself.

Not much less.

But, if there have been those who have been offended, I apologize.

. "

Jackets with coins from Alfonso XII, Alfonso XIII and from the time of Isabel II.

It will agree on the inappropriate and inopportune at a stage in which bullfighting is continually labeled a fascist party from the left. This is a political manipulation, a politicization of bullfighting. In bullfighting there have always been fans of the left and the right. And I have as many friends on the left as on the right. How am I going to be a Francoist! I do not flag anything. And I respect all ideologies. When others wave the flag of the Second Republic, I do not care exactly the same. But do you understand that it reopens wounds? Of course I understand that there are people who are hurt if they approach from the political side. But it was not the intention. I had it done many years ago and have worn it other times before. I am a convinced democrat. One of the most exciting moments of my life was when Carmen Calvo presented me with the Medal of Fine Arts.And I have always had a good relationship with Carmen. And how do those coins get to you? Like the others: people know that I collect coins and they give them to me. I was not expressly to buy them. I have no nostalgia for anything that I have not experienced. I was born in '71. I insist that I used the coins like others from different historical periods in other country dresses. The problem is that none of the others are from a dictator. They are not from a dictator. It is not because "they are from a dictator." They are from a moment in the history of Spain. This is how I understand them. Let's see if now I've also been the one who has been unearthing Franco all these years. Bullfighting is apolitical. If Ana Soria asks her who Franco is ... Ana doesn't ask me because she has studied it. He knows as I do that he was a dictator in a time in Spain that none of us have lived through. Anyway,Let's see if there is such a stir when others burn constitutional flags, photographs of the King, or vindicate and whitewash ETA again. The other day, by the way, at the presentation of a poster, he complained about the harassment of the heart press. I understand and respect your work. But I'm not talking about my private life. I told them that. I went there to present a bullfight. They await the signing of their divorce like manna. It is about to be signed. But they should understand that they are delicate things that take their paperwork, that it is not nonsense or frivolity. We have gone through the channels to reach an agreement, not to harm the girls in anything and avoid a trial. I don't have to be explaining to everyone all the time.photographs of the King or vindicate and whitewash ETA again. The other day, by the way, at the presentation of a poster, he complained about the harassment of the heart press. I understand and respect your work. But I'm not talking about my private life. I told them that. I went there to present a bullfight. They await the signing of their divorce like manna. It is about to be signed. But they should understand that they are delicate things that take their paperwork, that it is not nonsense or frivolity. We have gone through the channels to reach an agreement, not to harm the girls in anything and avoid a trial. I don't have to be explaining to everyone all the time.photographs of the King or vindicate and whitewash ETA again. The other day, by the way, at the presentation of a poster, he complained about the harassment of the heart press. I understand and respect your work. But I'm not talking about my private life. I told them that. I went there to present a bullfight. They await the signing of their divorce like manna. It is about to be signed. But they should understand that they are delicate things that take their paperwork, that it is not nonsense or frivolity. We have gone through the channels to reach an agreement, not to harm the girls in anything and avoid a trial. I don't have to be explaining to everyone all the time.I told them that. I went there to present a bullfight. They await the signing of their divorce like manna. It is about to be signed. But they should understand that they are delicate things that take their paperwork, that it is not nonsense or frivolity. We have gone through the channels to reach an agreement, not to harm the girls in anything and avoid a trial. I don't have to be explaining to everyone all the time.I told them that. I went there to present a bullfight. They await the signing of their divorce like manna. It is about to be signed. But they should understand that they are delicate things that take their paperwork, that it is not nonsense or frivolity. We have gone through the channels to reach an agreement, not to harm the girls in anything and avoid a trial. I don't have to be explaining to everyone all the time.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

See links of interest

• 2021 business calendar

• Home THE WORLD TODAY

• Mutua Madrid Open: Rafa Nadal - Alexei Popyrin

• Rome - Manchester United

• Arsenal - Villarreal