22 Nov, 2021 @ 18:22
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Partido Popular’s Pablo Casado criticised for attending Andalucia church service in memory of Spain’s dictator General Franco

Partido Popular's Pablo Casado criticised for attending Andalucia church service in memory of Spain's dictator General Franco
PP leader Pablo Casado during her closing campaign meeting for the up-coming Madrid regional elections, in Madrid on May 2, 2021.spain (Photo by Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto)

The leader of Spain’s conservative Partido Popular has been criticised for attending a church service in memory of the dictator General Franco.

Pablo Casado attended mass on Saturday in Granada a day earlier than normal because he was going to the closing day of his party’s Andalucia Congress in the city.

The Granada Cathedral service was dedicated to several people, including Franco, with last Saturday seeing the 46th anniversary of his death.

The socialist PSOE spokesman in Congress, Hector Gomez, has demanded an explanation from Casado and whether his presence ‘endorsed’ Franco’s dictatorship.

As previously reported by the Olive Press, an Alicante mass was cancelled last Thursday after promotional material featured a photograph of General Franco.

The Francisco Franco Foundation dedicated the Granada service to the ‘soul of Francisco Franco and for all the Fallen of God and for Spain’.

A Foundation spokesman thanked Casado and his family for attending and praying ‘for the soul of an exemplary Christian like Francisco Franco’.

The Partido Popular’s press office mentioned that Casado had to go to mass a day early and that the service was in memory of several people and not just the dictator.

Image Credit: Cordon Press

READ MORE: ALICANTE MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE CANCELLED AFTER DICTATOR FRANCO POPS UP IN PROMOTIONAL POSTER

Alex Trelinski

Alex worked for 30 years for the BBC as a presenter, producer and manager. He covered a variety of areas specialising in sport, news and politics. After moving to the Costa Blanca over a decade ago, he edited a newspaper for 5 years and worked on local radio.

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