To this day, there are still events related to our recent history that are classified as state secrets. One of them is the February 23rd coup d'\u00e9tat.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez still has classified documents from the 23F<\/big><\/p>\n A few days ago, PSOE deputy Felipe Sicilia had the nerve to accuse the right of being behind the 23F<\/a>, comparing the presentation of an appeal before the Constitutional Court with that coup d'\u00e9tat. That infamous statement not only demonstrates the insulting attitude of the PSOE, but also its colossal cynicism<\/strong>, if we take into account that 42 years after those events, the S\u00e1nchez government still keeps secret documents relating to that coup<\/a>. What does it have to hide? It doesn't take much to get an idea.<\/p>\n The proposal of the number 3 of the PSOE on a government headed by a military man<\/big><\/p>\n Of course, the PSOE should be the least appropriate party to discuss this coup. Let's remember that the 23F coup was committed against a centrist UCD government, and the PSOE deputies hid in their seats<\/strong>. Only two people present in Congress dared to stand up to the coup plotters: the then Prime Minister, Adolfo Su\u00e1rez, and First Vice President Manuel Guti\u00e9rrez Mellado. Regarding the situation at that time, former Catalan president Jordi Pujol wrote in his memoirs<\/a>: \"The PSOE was genuinely obsessed with bringing down Su\u00e1rez.<\/strong> Proof of this is the visit that the prominent socialist leader Enrique M\u00fagica made to my house in Premi\u00e0 de Dalt at the end of the summer of 1980 to ask me how we would view the resignation of the Prime Minister and his replacement by a democratically-minded military man.\"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Enrique M\u00fagica was then the number 3 of the PSOE, denied having made such a proposal<\/a>. The fact is that thanks to Dr. Carmen Echave, who was in Congress on 23F and witnessed a conversation between Antonio Tejero and General Alfonso Armada, the list of names of a concentration government planned by Armada<\/a> and headed by himself became known, a list confirmed by a Civil Guard officer present at that conversation.<\/p>\n Four PSOE leaders appeared as ministers on Armada's list<\/big><\/p>\n Significantly, four senior PSOE officials appeared on the list: Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> (then Secretary General of the PSOE and President of the Government between 1982 and 1996, who appeared on the list as Political Vice President), Gregorio Peces-Barba<\/strong> (then PSOE MP and President of the Congress of Deputies between 1982 and 1986, who appeared on the list as Minister of Justice), Javier Solana<\/strong> (then PSOE MP and close collaborator of Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez, in whose governments he held various positions from 1982 to 1995; he appeared on the list as Minister of Transport and Communications) and the aforementioned Enrique M\u00fagica<\/strong> (also a PSOE MP and number 3 in the party and who would be Minister of Justice under Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez between 1988 and 1991; he appeared on the list as Minister of Health).<\/p>\n The list included six left-wing politicians and only two right-wing politicians.<\/big><\/p>\n Likewise, the list also included two leaders of the Spanish Communist Party: Jordi Sol\u00e9 Tura<\/strong> (then a PCE deputy and who would be Minister of Culture under Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez between 1991 and 1993) and Ram\u00f3n Tamames<\/strong> (then a PCE deputy). As can be seen, Armada's list included six left-wing politicians<\/strong>, four UCD politicians, three military officers, and only two right-wing politicians:<\/strong> the then president of Alianza Popular, Manuel Fraga, and Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda de Areilza. Both were then deputies for the Democratic Coalition.<\/p>\n The big question is whether the still-classified documents would confirm the authenticity of that list<\/strong> and the possible involvement of the PSOE in the 23F, a coup that this party now so cynically attributes to the right. Coincidentally, it is a government with members of the PSOE and the PCE that keeps these documents secret<\/strong>, which would allow us to confirm whether those two parties would have benefited from half a dozen positions in a coalition government imposed through an armed rebellion. Once again, I repeat: What does this government have to hide about the 23F?<\/strong> Photo: Hernandez de Le\u00f3n\/Efe. Su\u00e1rez and Guti\u00e9rrez Mellado confronting the coup plotters who had just stormed the Congress of Deputies on February 23, 1981.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To this day, there are still events related to our recent history that are classified as state secrets. 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