The PSOE agrees with Bildu to investigate crimes of the Franco regime until 1983 by the GAL

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EH Bildu has announced an agreement with the PSOE to extend the application of the

until the end of 1983 to recognize and compensate the victims of human rights violations committed in

since the Franco dictatorship up to five years after its approval of the

.

The extension of this period will involve covering the victims of torture and the first years of action of the

.

This agreement has been closed within the framework of the negotiation of the Democratic Memory Law and, thanks to it, the

takes a step forward in its goal of approving a bill that has resisted it for a long time due to criticism from its partners for considering it incomplete.

It also already has the support of the PNV, Más País or Compromís, although it is still pending what will happen to ERC.

One of the central points of the pact with EH Bildu is the extension of the application of the law to the first five years of the democratic period in Spain.

A time that for the nationalist left

a "post-Francoism" stage.

Likewise, EH Bildu has announced an "independent commission" made up of experts to open an investigation to clarify the human rights violations committed in Spain during the Franco dictatorship by receiving testimonies, information and collecting documents.

This commission will be in charge of preparing a report in which it will issue conclusions and recommendations to guarantee the official recognition and reparation of the victims.

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