The Till of the Historically write
The rewriting of history is a tactics that often use governments to consolidate their power. Currently President Sánchez tries to mark a new narrative on 1975, a period marked by Franco’s death and its immediate effects in Spanish politics.
Controvertida party
In order to commemorate 1975 as a year of freedom, the Spanish government has set up a series of commorative acts. However, the lack of transparency about the cost of these unresetative events concerning its financial management.
Transition Details
The narrative of 1975 as a moment of democratic transition ignores the historical reality, and the statement of Joan Carles and as a king was not an act of breakup with the Francon regime, but a continuity of the established order.
History Keys
A key events timeline helps us to understand the complexity of that period:
- [‘November 20, 1975: Death of Franco.’, ’22 de novembre de 1975: Joan Carles I and proclamat rei.’, ‘December 15, 1976: Referdendum on the Law for the Policy Reformation.’, ‘1 July 1976: Adolfo Suárez becomes president of the government.’, “April 9, 1977: Legalization of Spain’s Communist Party.”, ‘June 15, 1977: First democratic elections since the Second Republic.’, “December 6,78: Spanish Constitution’s Ratification.”]
The Views of Opposition
Those who fought for freedom during the dictatorship can offer witnesses which emerged in 1975 was a year of freedom, the experiences of the people involved in the democratic struggle revealed the true nature of the regime at the time.
A Personal Witnesses
As a young activist, I lived the regime repression, undergroundity, arrests and persecution were the norm, and freedom was a distant concept, even after the death of Franco, democracy was still a great and sterable ideal.
Reflexions Finals
The Ashura of 1975 as a date of freedom is a reflection of political manipulation. The story cannot be rewritten for convenience; it is a collective heritage that deserves to be treated with respect and verracity. The importance of historical memory cannot be underestimated, and it is important that future generations understand the truth of this period.