Mateos calls for unity to stop discourses that justify Francoism

Anabel Mateos, head of the PSOE of Almería list for Congress, has called on citizens to stop the discourses that justify the Franco dictatorship and question the rights and freedoms won in democracy. She did so at an event held in the capital's cemetery on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of the Military Coup, the War and the Franco Dictatorship. At that event, Mateos asked for the vote for the general elections of November 29 and called on «all democrats and progressives» to remain united. «We must be aware of what is at stake and stop together this wave that threatens our rights and our freedoms,» she defended. The candidate has called on the Almería City Council and the Junta de Andalucía to collaborate with the families who continue to fight to recover the dignity and recognition of their loved ones. At the tribute, held next to the cemetery walls, she recalled that many residents of the province were shot there for defending freedom and democracy. Mateos has warned that, almost 90 years after the 1936 military coup, it is still necessary to warn of the risks that threaten democratic coexistence. She has also vindicated the commitment of socialist governments to the recovery of democratic memory and has highlighted the role of the Almerian Fernando Martínez, Secretary of State for Democratic Memory. The event was attended, alongside Mateos, by the Secretary of Democratic Memory of the PSOE of Andalucía, Juan Franco Colomina; the Secretary of Democratic Memory of the PSOE of Almería, Juan Francisco Ibáñez, and other members of the socialist candidacy, according to the PSOE of Almería. The floral offering was held next to the walls of the capital's cemetery, a space that Mateos has defined as «a very sad place for the history of Almería».