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The government has decided immediately close the valley of the dead to the public, which will reopen when the exhumation of Francisco Franco's remains has been carried out. The decision to temporarily close the valley is contained in the final agreement approved this Friday by the Council of Ministers, which ends a procedure.
started a year ago and has come up against many obstacles because of the many resources mobilized by the family of the dictator and his environment.

The government agreed on Friday that the transfer of the remains of the valley of the dead at the El Pardo-Mingorrubio cemetery occurs on a date yet to be determined, but in any case before October 25,
to get away from the election campaign as much as possible.

Executive sources predict that the transfer can be executed between October 19th – Saturday – and October 22nd – Tuesday –, although the deadline is not yet closed. The cost of exhumation and subsequent reburial is close to 11,000 euros, an amount that sources do not consider high for the magnitude and importance of the operation.

At the press conference that followed the Council of Ministers, Vice President Carmen Calvo said the government needed "days for the valley of the dead to be closed, with security conditions and technical decisions to carry out this operation ". "Before October 25, Franco will not be in the valley of the dead" but "in a discreet place, within reach of his family, and no one can exalt a dictator in the Spanish democracy," he said. "Everything else is so secondary", it is installed.

The Council of Ministers agreement states that "at least 48 hours in advance", the family will be informed of the exact date and time of the exhumation, that the vice- President will propose to the president to give the "last OK". With the same advance, added Calvo, the media will also be informed, who could witness the departure of the remains of the basilica of the esplanade of the valley.

The family will be allowed to be present, if they wish, during the exhumation, transfer and burial, when it can be celebrated. "a brief and intimate ceremony according to your religious preferences", specify the agreement. The executive will clarify the sources of the government, adopt the necessary measures so that no one, not even members of his family, can take pictures or record sounds during exhumations and rewetings. At all these moments, as well as during the transfer, the Minister of Justice, Dolores Delgado, will be present as a major notary of the Kingdom.

The Vice President did not clarify with which means of transport the remains will be transferred as it is an item that the executive still assesses according to the safest and least uncomfortable option for citizens, without excluding the airways.

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