About 70 people, including relatives and friends of the victims of the Franco regime in the fort of San Cristobal and policy makers gathered yesterday at the cemetery Berrioplano Oteiza, to inaugurate a monolith as a tribute to "the left fifteen people" killed in the area between 1938 and 1942. The event organized by PSN-PSOE and UGT was attended by various authorities as Roberto Jiménez, secretary general of PSN-PSOE, John Goyen, secretary general of the UGT, or Elma Saiz, central government delegate in Navarre. The day was accompanied by the music of singer Lucia SOCAM, who played four songs related to the memory of the victims who moved to the present. No less moving was the intervention of the niece of Antolin Arija Portillo, one of those killed, who participated in the ceremony by reading two letters dating from May 26, 1939, and Portillo himself was sent shortly before his death of his parents and sister to thank all the help they had given and hoping to see you soon.
Another of the highlights of the day was starred José Luis Pedro Perez, coordinator of the family honored. Peter went to the lectern with a red rose and a Republican flag, which he said, "was not removed by the people but by the Army and requeté." After reading two poems, one of them inspired by the album Hell Barricada stone referred to the San Cristobal, Pedro Franco noted that the side wanted to "twist the rod of freedom, but it is very difficult that ultimately freedom does not flourish. " A resounding "Viva the Republic ", punctuated by several of those present, ended his speech.
Later, both families as authorities moved to open the monolith or" memory bank ", which are carved the names, provenance and the date of death of the fifteen men remembered, and it was filled with flowers, especially roses.
policy interventions The turn to the authorities began with the intervention of Elma Saiz, who was recalled that the State Government that "launched in 2007, the Law of Historical Memory to compensate those who suffered repressive attitudes during the Civil War and Franco's regime as a result of its commitment to democracy ". The Government delegate said that" democracy must be cared for every day without forgetting the past to avoid making the same mistakes. "
Goyen looked back to remember some words spoken in tribute to victims of Franco in the Parliament of Navarre on March 10, 2003: "Never again and no one those horrors, honor our martyrs." Goyen spoke your behalf to ensure that "we refuse to forget those fighters for freedom and justice who paid their commitment to life" and said that the fifteen honorees' not killed by bullets but inhumane penal system established by the Franco regime. "
Roberto Jimenez wanted to remember that "democratic legitimacy had it the Republic" and the uprising was "a coup." He also mentioned that "between the Central Zone and the West were" some 2,000 dead and those who died in the fort of San Cristobal were in deplorable sanitary conditions. Jimenez reaffirmed its commitment to make amends with the families of the victims of Franco's repression. The event closed with the playing of the International chant that accompanied many of those present standing with his left fist in the air.
(News Navarra.11 / 04 / 2011)
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