The Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has reminded us this Wednesday that the exhumation of victims of Francoism in Fuencaliente will receive state funding, through an allocation of nearly €100,000 transferred in June to the Cabildo of La Palma.
Ángel Víctor Torres held a meeting this Wednesday with the Association for Historical Memory of La Palma, as part of a day that included the monitoring commission for the planned exhumation works, for which the Ministry has already provided funds.
Torres expressed his gratitude to the entity in La Palma “for the integral, magnificent, and exemplary work it performs” and announced the commitment to organise an event on the island to recognise the families of those who were persecuted, imprisoned, or killed during the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship “for defending democracy.”
The minister noted that this is the first time the Spanish Government has allocated specific funds to cabildos and insular councils for actions related to democratic memory, a initiative that also extends to Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Fuerteventura.
“This is a permanent amount,” Torres assured, reiterating the Government’s commitment to truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-repetition because “the democracy we enjoy today cost a lot to recover and must be protected,” he affirmed.
The Minister for Democratic Memory also highlighted the institutional cooperation in the Canary Islands, where the exhumation efforts have involved participation from corporations of differing political affiliations, something he described as “exemplary.”
