The Government of the Canary Islands has revoked the catalog of Francoist vestiges in the archipelago, approved by the previous regional executive led by the PSOE, considering the inter-administrative request made by the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The resolution, signed by the Minister of Universities, Science and Innovation and Culture, Migdalia Machín, and published this Friday in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, is based on the omission of the hearing process to the City Council of Santa Cruz and on the fact that the catalog, of a regional nature, is limited to the Francoist vestiges in the capital of Tenerife.
It also agrees with the local corporation regarding the absence of the mandatory prior approval of the Regional Strategy for Historical Memory.
The catalog, approved by the Government of the Canary Islands in November 2022, describes 79 vestiges of Francoism in the capital of Tenerife, the most prominent being the Victory monument, popularly known as the Franco monument.
Before this revocation, the courts of justice had determined the precautionary suspension of the catalog with similar reasoning.
In addition, an administrative court ordered the initiation of a file of Asset of Cultural Interest of the Franco monument, a procedure that has been initiated by the Cabildo of Tenerife, whose leaders have announced their intention to rename it as a monument for Concord.