Sumar attempts to post to Congress a portrait of Dolores Ibarruriknown as Passionflowera historical figure of Communist Party of Spain (PCE) marked by its violent rhetoric. It was she who incited the massive purge of the “fifth columnists» which were not linked to communism on the Republican side during the civil war. And to achieve this, he requests the support of the PP, offering in exchange to support the placement of another portrait of Loyola de Palaciothe minister of Jose Maria Aznar who made history by becoming the first Spanish woman to become vice-president of the European Commission.
To add, Passionflower During his tenure in the Congress of Deputies he accumulated enough importance to be remembered at the level of Loyola de Palacio or Soledad Becerril.
The communist leader is the big bet of those of Yolanda Diaz increase the representation of women in the portraits that adorn Congress. A place where Ibarruri uttered some of the most infamous sentences in the history of the House, such as this controversy “This man has spoken for the last time” this is attributed to him and which he dedicated to Calvo Sotelo before he was assassinated by police escorts assigned to the PSOE. Although there is no trace of such a sentence in the journal of the session of June 16, 1936, some historians point out that the deputies, at that time, examined these documents in depth to remove some references of his speeches.
What is historical is that it was she who incited the massive purges against the “fifth columnists“, the enemy hidden behind the ranks themselves, during which hundreds of fighters from the Republican side were assassinated. Or that he supported, once the war broke out, the policy of arrests and arrests that his communist colleague Santiago Carrillo applied in Madrid.
She was also the one who said that. “They will not pass” on July 19, 1936, then deputy of the Popular Front of Asturias. “All of Spain is preparing for combat,” Ibárruri proclaimed, calling “communists, socialists and anarchists” to arms. “Let no one hesitate!” Everyone ready for action. Every worker, every anti-fascist must consider himself an armed soldier,” he harangued into the microphones of the Ministry of the Interior in Madrid.
More women
Currently, the female presence on the walls of the Palais des Congrès, with the exception of queens, is limited to portraits of the presidents of the Chamber and images of Clara Campoamor, defender of women’s suffrage in the 1931 Constitution. This is why, at the beginning of this year, the Socialist Party Francine ArmengolPresident of the Chamber, proposed increasing the number of women honored at the Palace, including four new tondos.
This collection of circular portraits, mainly dedicated to politicians of the 19th century, was already enriched in 2011 under the presidency of the socialist José Bono, when the portraits of Manuel Azaña, president of the Second Republic, and Adolfo Suárez, first head of the executive after the dictatorship.
Following Armengol’s initiative, the three main groups represented in the Congress Council – PP, PSOE and Sumar – presented their suggestions. The PSOE and Sumar agreed to propose Clara Campoamor and Victoria Kent, both deputies of the Second Republic.
For its part, the PSOE also proposed three prominent socialists from the constituent legislature: Carmen Garcia Bloise, Carlota Bustelo, the first director of the Women’s Institute, and Marta Ángela Mata Garriga, educator and parliamentarian of the PSC.
Sumar, besides Campoamor and Kent, put on the table the name of Dolores Ibárruri, Passionflowerwhose career, marred by his inflexible ideology and his participation in the civil war, continues to spark controversy. They also suggested to the anarchist Federica Montseny, first woman to head a ministry in Spain, although her name was ultimately dismissed because she had not been a member of parliament.
The PP, for its part, opted for figures of great importance in democratic politics, such as Soledad Becerril, prime minister of the democratic phase and first mediator; Nona Inés Vilariño, UCD deputy from La Coruña; María Victoria Fernández España, the first woman to hold a position in the Congressional Council; and Loyola de Palacio, whose career in Spanish and international politics left an indelible mark, notably for his historic vice-presidency of the European Commission.
