Narcís Serra reveals a coup plan for the day of reflection of the 1982 general elections

Far-right coup plotters had prepared a coup for the day of reflection of the general elections of October 28, 1982, the first that the

won , as revealed this Sunday by former Defense Minister

Serra, in an act organized by the

to commemorate the forty years since that victory, explained that, being already mayor of

, ​​early in the morning of October 10 the then socialist candidate for the Presidency of the Government,

González

asked

to travel urgently to

, where they both met with the then defense minister,

The UCD minister explained to them that he had prepared a coup for October 27, a day of reflection.

That information led

to tell

"you have to accept" to be the new Defense Minister, a position that, knowing the possibilities of being the next Prime Minister, he had already offered him in July 1982.

In that month,

rejected the offer because he believed that he was more useful as mayor of

than as minister, a position he finally held after the victory of the PSOE on October 28 with a request from González: "No more blows."

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