The Government orders the Macarena to exhume the remains of Queipo de Llano “as soon as possible”

This letter, which arrives after the approval by the Cortes and the publication in the Official State Gazette, has entered into force Law 20/2022, of October 19, on Democratic Memory. According to the letter, “this new regulation aims to close a debt of Spanish democracy with its past and promote a common discourse based on the defense of peace, pluralism and the condemnation of all forms of political totalitarianism that puts at risk the effective enjoyment of the rights and freedoms inherent to dignity Thus, they state that since 1951, the mortal remains of the leader of the 1936 uprising and responsible for the repression in Andalusia at a later date, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano y Sierra, rest under the chapel of the Virgin of the Basilica of the Hope Macarena. And that the mortal remains of Francisco Bohórquez Vecina, war auditor and responsible for the execution of sentences with application of war decree, are also found in the temple. to worship and prayer has been the subject of a broad social debate, which has been echoed by numerous media outlets and national and international publications,” they add immediately. Therefore, as a sign of respect for the victims and their families, and in compliance with the provisions of the new law, “it is mandatory to put an end to this situation.” Good disposition of the BrotherhoodIn the letter, Martínez acknowledges that the Brotherhood of La Macarena “plays an undoubted role of reference, both in the city of Seville and in the rest of the national territory” and values ​​the statements of his Big Brother, in which he assured that the brotherhood “will scrupulously comply” with the Law and “is waiting for them to tell him what he has to do” from the entry into force of the reform because he must not make a “decision” of his own since his brothers are “divided”. In his opinion, this pronouncement constitutes an “unequivocal expression both of respect towards in force as a commitment to its compliance”, for which it shows “no doubt that the observance of the norms established in Law 20/2022, of October 19, inspired by the principles of International Humanitarian Law, is properly inscribed in the operating criteria of the entity you represent”. In this sense, the Secretary of State for Democratic Memory thanks Brother Elder de la Macarena for his “willingness to facilitate as much as possible and as soon as possible the completion of the necessary procedures for the exhumation and transfer of the remains of Gonzalo Queipo de Llano y Sierra and Francisco Bohórquez Vecina” and is at your disposal “for any questions or queries you may have formulate, in the shared objective of complying with and enforcing Law 20/2022, of October 19, on Democratic Memory”. “A law of all and for all, which promotes the cohesion and solidarity of citizens and the different generations in around constitutional principles, values ​​and freedoms. A law that defends democracy and fundamental rights as a common paradigm and indelible horizon of our public life, coexistence and civic awareness,” the letter concludes.