Socialist deputy Jorge González has asked this Tuesday the Minister of the Presidency, Nieves Lady Barreto, to speed up the collection of DNA samples from relatives of victims of Francoist repression to "put a name" to people "buried in ditches two meters deep".
In the Francoist mass graves of Gran Canaria, there could be several people from Lanzarote who disappeared on the neighboring island during the Civil War and the dictatorship.
González made this request to the Minister of the Presidency, Public Administrations, Justice and Security after she indicated that the draft of a "regulation, a decree" to create the DNA bank in the Canary Islands is in the reporting phase.
The socialist parliamentarian considered this response to be "one of the announcements to which she has accustomed us" and asked the minister several questions, such as what the Government of the Canary Islands has done to collect the samples, what specialized personnel it has, how it coordinates with the security forces, and what protocols it has implemented to ensure identifications with speed and rigor.
"Behind each DNA sample there is an absence, something as basic as putting a name to a person, but hearing some statements, it seems we have to remember that they are here (in Parliament) thanks to the people buried in a ditch. It is moving," González assured.
The minister replied that she can also "ask questions" to the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory about when it will approve the national DNA bank, apparently pending a report from the Council of State, and to which the autonomous communities will be subject.
Furthermore, and while it is being approved, specialized training courses must be carried out by the Institutes of Legal Medicine, which in the islands will be coordinated by the one in Gran Canaria, and which the Ministry has not yet launched, Nieves Lady Barreto pointed out.
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