Ferrol, Franco's birthplace, votes to remove all titles and honours from the dictator
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By h.b. - Nov 28, 2008 - 8:28 AM
The Partido Popular abstained in the vote on the matter in the Town Hall.

All the titles, street names and other plaques in honour of Francisco Franco are to be removed from the town of Ferrol, where the Spanish dictator was born. No longer will he be Honorary Mayor or be Honoured Son of the city or own the Ferrol Gold Medal.

The leftwingers IU, Socialists PSOE and Galician Nationalists passed the measure, while the PP and local independent party abstained.
Similar honours for his wife and daughter are also to be removed.

Meanwhile the Partido Popular in Nàquera, Valencia, have decided to change the name of the street named after Franco’s right hand man, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, to Calle Barack Obama. The initiative comes from the PP Mayor, Ricardo Arnal, who enjoys an overall majority on the town council.
Other streets in Nàquera with Francoist names will also be changed.

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