Next October, the government will repair the memory of the poet Miguel Hernández and cancel the legal proceedings opened by the Franco dictatorship against him, in application of the law on democratic memory, sources from the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Development confirmed to EFE. Democratic Memory.
On October 3, the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, signed 29 declarations of reparation to people who suffered persecution and violence for political reasons during the dictatorship, as he -even reported on his social network X account.
Ministry sources tell EFE that among these reparations was not included that of the poet Miguel Hernández, requested by the poet’s family from the government, but they announce that next October it is planned to sign it and celebrate a tribute.
This declaration will include the cancellation of the charges against Miguel Hernández, who actively fought during the civil war to defend the government of the Second Republic and was sentenced to death after the war, a sentence which was commuted to 30 years in prison additional. .
The poet died at the age of 31 from acute tuberculosis which was not treated in Alicante prison.
The Democratic Memory Law declares the illegal and null nature of all convictions and sanctions pronounced for political, ideological reasons, conscience or religious conviction during the civil war and the Franco dictatorship, and also gives the right to obtain a declaration of recognition and reparation.
Recently, the plenary session of the City Hall of Orihuela, birthplace of Miguel Hernández, rejected with the votes of the PP and Vox an initiative of the PSOE which requested the cancellation of the procedure against the poet, while Sumar presented a initiative to debate and vote on this petition in the Congress of Deputies. The Provincial Council of Alicante and other institutions governed by the PP voted in favor of the cancellation of the judicial summaries.
