Bill to void Franco-era convictions and search for victims

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1. The bill would declare null and void, from the start, the court rulings and administrative decisions issued for political, ideological or religious reasons during the Franco dictatorship against people who defended the previous legality, sought a democratic regime or lived according to rights now recognized by the Constitution.
2. It proposes that public authorities carry out the work of locating and identifying people who disappeared during the Civil War and the later political repression. The State would draw up work plans and enough money would be set aside each year in the General State Budgets.
3. It recognizes the right of citizens to search for the disappeared, get information about their fate, and recover and identify their remains, always notifying the judicial authority. Public authorities would give grants to cover these costs.
4. If remains are on private land, the owners' consent must be requested. If it is not given, public authorities could authorize a temporary occupation, after hearing the affected owners and setting compensation to be paid by those occupying the land.
5. The Ministries of Defense and Justice would compile a list of the proceedings and sentences issued under several repressive rules of the dictatorship, including the case number, the person charged and the sentence imposed. The list would be updated if new proceedings come to light.
6. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette, except for measures that increase spending or reduce budget revenues, which would take effect in the following fiscal year.

Words worth knowing

Nula de pleno derecho (null and void from the start)

A ruling considered invalid from the beginning, as if it never existed, without needing a judge to annul it first.

Proposición de ley (bill)

A text introduced by members of Congress to become a law. It is not an approved law until the whole parliamentary process ends.

Administraciones públicas (public authorities)

The organizations of the State, the autonomous communities and the municipalities that manage public affairs.

Jurisdicción militar (military jurisdiction)

The power of military courts to hold trials. Here it refers to soldiers judging civilians during the dictatorship.

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