The last statue of dictator Franco was brought down in Spain

The last statue of dictator Francisco Franco has been unveiled in the Autonomous Community of Melilla in Spain, located in North Africa. The information is spread by the BBC.

Melilla Assembly member Elena Fernandez Trevino called the dismantling of Franco's monument a historic day. Only one party was against the dismantling. Members of the Vox party opposed his capture, arguing that the monument, erected in 1978, immortalized Franco as commander of the Spanish Legion in the Reef War that Spain was waging against the Berber tribes in Morocco in the 1920s.

In 2007, the Spanish government passed a law requiring the symbols of dictator Franco to be phased out.

Franco was buried near the mausoleum near Madrid, next to tens of thousands of victims of the 1930s civil war. In 2019, by the decision of the Spanish authorities, Franco's body was transferred to the Mingorubio Cemetery in Madrid. The dictator's descendants appealed the decision in court, but the ancestor could not keep the first burial.

Franco came to power after the 1936-1939 civil war. He was the de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain until his death in 1975. The monarchy was restored in the country after Franco's death.