Former President of the Government Felipe González said this evening that the faults will now be attributed to King Emeritus Juan Carlos I, but that his figure “will be restored when the true history is written.” Asked by journalists from TVE’s La Noche en 24 Horas program about media reports regarding King Juan Carlos, González said he had “a good impression of the king.” “He gave up exercising all the power he had, which was everything and therefore facilitated this constitutional transition,” he added.
According to Felipe González, “We cannot judge from today’s events what happened at another timeit’s still a huge historical mistake. The king was a facilitator of the transitionno European monarchy has undergone the same scrutiny as the Spanish monarchy, including the institution’s vote in the Cortes Generales.
González, who attended the program on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the PSOE Congress of Suresnes, the last of those held in exile, reviewed certain moments of it, where he “the further removed from the idea that he could be secretary general of the party” ” “and valued the policy of pacts and reconciliation during the Transition.
Questioned by any politician whose performance he appreciated, praised the figure of Ernest LlucMinister of Health during his government, for having launched the national health system, for which, he says, he united his will for four and a half years. Regarding his time in the Spanish government, he said that what satisfied him most was his contribution to the reconciliation of the Spanish live in peace and freedom.
