The Times. July 1977

The Times. July 1977

p o o o o o o o o o o o o o o. Still no Three more political parties ... NewC< democracy are legalized in Spain £ b e l i u s :F / ° S ? T T ^ l t h a t the Government's decision closes i MadmLJulUrlO meant that he w o u l d be allowed in Spain, me Spanish Government this to enter Spain i n the near weekend legalized a p o l i t i c a l future. He and his family, who theFra party headed by a claimant to might be compared with the senator says the tate of K i n g Juan Jacobites, were-fexpelled by Gen- F r o m H a r r y Debelius Carlos, and two other parties eral Franco i n December, 1969 chapter M a d r i d , J u l y G ^ ~ "to the left of the Communist shortly after the dictator had F r o m W i l l i a m CI; Democracy has not yet been ; P a i l y . p u b l i c l y named ; P r i n c e J u a n M a d r i d , J u l y 13 I established in Spain, according S e ñ o r R o d o l f o M a r t í n V i l l a , Carlos as his eventual successor. Spain's 350 ele; to the Interior Minister, said, yes- the L i b e r a l monarchist A l l three of the newly legal- men a n d 248 SE senator who got the most votes ; terday that the new Govern- ized parties presented candi- I ment of Señor Suárez had them appointed J in the general election last dates in the June general elec- Carlos, took thai; month. I decided to grant legal recog- tion, but not under the names . nition to the Carlist Party, first time today; Senator Joaquín Satrústegui's or symbols of their parties. They democratic Corte! remarks, reported in M a d r i d ; Whose president is Prince used a legal loophole which ; Carlos H u g o de B a r b ó n , as well since the C i v i l W ¡ newspapers today, were made at allowed the presentation of " i n The opening I : a dinner in the city in his « r *i *° i '-j3u* í ^eyoiutiortiajy dependent V Candidates.'' five emotional m l honour last nisht. Representa- ; Workers* ••.Organlzatmtwi (ORT) - \ Several hundred members of years of history i t p a n i h W o r k tives of nearly all the main S £ l L V n - r ^ ^ e r s ' the P T E celebrated their legal- appear and a nej political parties attended. ^arty ( P T E ) . H e said that ization with a peaceful demon- opened. S e ñ o r j The Senator said : " A n im- other parties awaiting legaliza- stration i n M a d r i d yesterday the 74-year-olcj portant step has been taken, tion -would be recognized M a d r i d , J u l y 10.—Carrying writer, and Sej : k n a but all the (political) forces T ^ L r »I c P s a c k s and nationalist flags, I b a r r u r i , the 82* must accept the responsibility Immediately after the .Basque activists set out today dent of the Span; of askin? for the necessary announcement, the state-Tun on - a ' , 1,125-mile " f r e e d o m Party, who was; sacrifices ". national radio interviewed M a r c h " for regional autonomy Pasionaria in ¿ t i The M a d r i d daily Diario-16 representatives of the various and amnesty helped preside J q u o t e d . h i m as saying that the parties by telephone, including • The march w i l l end on A u g - gress. 1 f j new Government of S e ñ o r P n n c e Carlos H u g o i n France ust 28 in V i t o r i a . It began T h e y are the'b S u á r e z is u n l i k e l y t o , be very and the secretary-general of . from four separate points i n the of the lower he successful. " When it has to ask party. Senor Jose M a r í a de Basque region. It has not been I were in exile for the whole country—workers as Zabala, m V i e n n a . authorized by the Government, 1¡S£. S e ñ o r A l b e r t i , j well as businessmen—to make I h e p n n c e hailed the mea- but is not expected to be Bi'flvclvet jacket ai sacrifices. Those who ask for sure and said that he assumed banned—UPI. coloured tie, cá them should represent those file with h i m am who are going to pay the a minute as if j consequences. a poem. " I t looks to me like a hard task because they do not have Upstairs, in th a majority of the votes. A n d Victory parade replaced by Armed Forces Day tee r o o m Sennj even if they had it, they must Irujo, the Justic face matters which affect the the former R e p u mass of workers, who are not Españolament, who rerun' represented in the Govern- Spanish military play a new role i: yesterday for t ment ". since Franco's vie Senator Satrustegui said that F r o m W i l l i a m Chjslett J—-r— regime into a professional the Deputy P r i m e M i n i s t e r for J \ - i preside over the Defence, and Senor J u l i o ! X • ; 1 he expects Parliament to finish Û M a d r i d , J u l y 11 force in a democracy. It had He is a senator ) its ork on a new constitution The annual military " victory about 300 members. Busauets, a former member of'*- Nationalist Party by November. Its first official p a r a d e " to recall Gentral Spain has traditionally given the illegal Democratic M i l i t a i y ^p"* It was a s t r á i U n i o n and a former major,. i ' plenary session, on J u l y 22, w i l l Franco's victory in the Spanish a preponderant role to the r for many to entei be addressed by K i n g Juan C i v i l W a r , was replaced this armed forces. Before the C i v i l who is now a Socialist deputy I the first time ) Carlos. year by one celebrating the W a r , under K i n g Alfonso X I I I for Barcelona. I "J Only a few, i '" Day of the A r m e d Forces ". there were 16,926 A r m y The m a n behind the changes - ^ v , « Pasionaria ", hat Just over a year ago L i e u - officers for 148,423 men. Latest i n the armed forces is General , . building before.' tenant-General Alvarez Arenas, figures for the A r m y reveal Gutierrez M e l l a d o , who was l she spoke the who was then Minister of the that there are 25,241 officers appointed by Senor Suarez, thei'%. country was o n A r m y , said that the parade was for 220,000 men which puts the Prime Minister, last September? . , ' c i v i l war i n 193E to celebrate the victory over officer-men ratio at the same to replace General Fernando; ~ -* to Fascist gangst 5*i communism. W i t h the level of about one officer for de Santiago y Diaz de Mendi-;-•>.-'•~^fpg J o s é M a r i a G i l Communist Party legalized, the every nine men. The Navy has v i l , a conservative officer. of the right-win parade was given a new mean- a further 40,000 men, including General Gutierrez M e l l a d o a t | " W e are present ing. officers, and the- A i r Force 65 is the oldest membeer of service for dem Just before the announce- about 35,000. the new Cabinet where average? Today's sessio ment, the clandestine Demo- In General Franco's last age is 45. He has earned the;' new baptism. cratic M i l i t a r y Union decided Cortes (Parliament) there respect of the Opposition i n , A f t e r the shoo to disband itself. The union were 13 m i l i t a r y men, most of his difficult task of giving the \ Congress adjourr had been created by young them by appointment, i n the armed forces a non-poliricailjl, 1 and a half whii liberal-minded officers who new Cortes, the only two m i l i - role, and confers regularly ^ were made to eh wanted to change the armed tary men are Lieutenant-Gen- with the K i n g and with Senor- In the Cortes forces from being a tool of the eral M a n u e l Gutierrez M e l l a d o , Suarez.

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