Javier Sánchez Serna, Deputy of United We Can, Adoración Peñas, Councilor of United Left in the city council of Lorca and Francisco José Campos Segura, Secretary General of We can Lorca, have demanded that Law 52/2007 of December 26, commonly known as the Historical Memory Act.
Being especially serious, the situation of IES Ibáñez Martin de Lorca, bearing the name of a Minister of Education of the Franco regime.
Javier Sánchez Serna, has highlighted the importance of the democratic memory, being very current in our country today.
Remarking the person of José Ibáñez Martín, being the prime minister of Education of the Franco dictatorship and one of the main responsible of the purification of teachers and republican teachers.
It is not a receipt, that to this day, ten years after the approval of the Law of Historical Memory, is still presiding with his name a public institute in the city of Lorca.
For this reason, Javier Sánchez Serna has submitted a series of questions to the Government of the Nation to know the degree of compliance with Law 52/2007, of December 26 in the municipality of Lorca.
We also want to know if the letters sent by the Senate regarding the fulfillment of the Law of Historical Memory to all municipalities in Spain has reached the city of Lorca.
Also urge the city of Lorca, to comply with this Law.
On the other hand, Adoración Peñas has highlighted the importance of Law 52/2007, of December 26, being the objective of this Law, the recognition of people who were reprisaled and persecuted by the Franco dictatorship.
He recalled that the initiatives from the United Left, especially Article 15, have been diverse with the withdrawal of symbols or badges from public places, which suppose the exaltation of the Franco regime.
Francisco José Campos, has expressed the importance of compliance with this Law, and especially the situation that is presented with this Institute.
He explained that based on the initiative of the Comprimís Group in the Senate of Spain, where information was requested from the municipalities of Spain of the degree of compliance with Law 52/2007, of December 26.
We wanted to know the situation in which our municipality is in relation to this Law. In addition to the measures that will be adopted by the Government of Spain, for compliance with this Act in the municipality of Lorca.
Source: IU-verdes Lorca