Spain Sets in Motion Plan to Dig up Former Dictator Franco

Spain Sets in Motion Plan to Dig up Former Dictator Franco
People stand around the tomb of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco inside the basilica at the the Valley of the Fallen monument near El Escorial, outside Madrid on Aug. 24, 2018. AP Photo/Andrea Comas
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MADRID—Spain’s center-left government approved legal amendments Aug. 24 to make sure that the remains of former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco will be dug up and removed from a controversial national mausoleum honoring the nation’s civil war dead.

The minority Socialist government is certain that parliament will endorse the amendments, probably in a debate next month, deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo told reporters.