Spanish MPs vote to exhume remains of dictator Franco

‘Spain’s opposition parties voted on Thursday to move the remains of fascist dictator Francisco Franco out of a state-funded mausoleum, in a non-binding parliamentary motion the government is likely to resist.
The motion, backed by parties on the left and center, reflected growing pressure from campaign groups and politicians to turn the site into a broader memorial honoring those who died on both sides of Spain’s 1936-1939 civil war.
It was passed by 198 votes to one, while 140 lawmakers abstained, including those from the conservative People’s Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
The PP has long opposed attempts to exhume Franco’s body, saying this would only stir up painful memories more than four decades after his death and nearly 80 years after the end of the war.’
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