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Cambiemos Orihuela calls for removal of Franco-era honours from city records
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Franco is the Adoptive Son of Orihuela, Medal of the City and Covered Knight. The first distinction was awarded on April 1, 1940; the second on April 26, 1946; and the third, the title, on March 5, 1948. In 2016 under the government of the PP of Emilio Bascuñana, the plenary approved unanimously with a motion of the left-wing municipalist group Let us change the withdrawal of those distinctions. Ten years later, this Thursday, again, a new motio…
Cambiemos Orihuela calls for removal of Franco-era honours from city records
The municipal group Cambiemos Orihuela has called on the city council to remove all honours and distinctions still awarded to former dictator Francisco Franco, arguing that their continued presence is incompatible with democratic values. The party has submitted a motion to formally revoke the titles, which remain listed in Orihuela City Council’s official Book of Honours. These include Franco being named Adopted Son of the city in 1940, awarded …
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