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The Spanish government has decided that the remains of the dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975) are exhumed on June 10 of the Monument of the valley of the dead and buried in a cemetery of the city of El Pardo, in Madrid.

The procedure of exhumation of the rest of the general who ruled Spain between 1939 and 1975 will be carried out without communication, image or public announcement, announced the Vice President of the Executive, the Socialist Carmen Calvoafter the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers. This is not a "show," said Calvo, who said family members can attend the ceremony.

Franco was buried in the Basilica of the Valley of the Dead, a monument he had built 50 kilometers from Madrid and where are also the remains of thousands of fighters on both sides of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939 ).

The Spanish Supreme Court (TS) is considering a petition filed a few days ago by the dictator's family against the government's decision to exhume human remains and transfer them out of the valley of the dead. As requested by the parents, the High Court has not yet decided on the preemptive paralysis of any decision to exhumation pending its final pronouncement.

Before appealing, the grandchildren of Franco – his closest relatives living – warned by letter from the government that they considered "null and void" the agreement of the Council of Ministers last February to which they had a period of 15 days. to determine a new place for the burial of his grandfather.

The government agreement specifically excluded the crypt from Almudena Cathedral, in the center of Madrid, as a possible location for the remains for reasons of "public order" and to avoid all tribute to the dictator. The executive had established that it would unilaterally determine the final burial place of the dictator if the family did not agree to define an alternative place to the cathedral.