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Rodolfo Martín Villa denies that during the Transition “a systematic, deliberate, generalized and planned plan was hatched to terrorize Spaniards who supported a democratic government by eliminating those most significant people in the political order, because the Transition was just the opposite.” This is how the former vice president of the Government and former senior Franco official spoke this Monday at an informative breakfast organized by the New Economy Forum. Martín Villa was prosecuted, in what is known as the 'Argentine complaint' , for crimes against humanity for the Vitoria Events of March 3, 1976 , in which the murders of Pedro María Martínez Ocio, Romualdo Barroso Chaparro, Francisco Aznar Clemente, José Castillo and Bienvenido Pereda Moral. He was also accused of allowing the murder of the young Arturo Ruiz in 1977, of police repression in the Sanfermines of and of five deaths during the Pro Amnesty Week of May 1977. The case, opened by Judge María Servini in 2014, led to his prosecution based on the principle of universal justice , with an international arrest warrant against Martín Villa and 19 other people. After 7 years of process, last December, the Federal Criminal and Correctional Chamber of Argentina accepted the appeal of Martín Villa who, however, maintains his accusation.
Although he recognizes that he could have “been politically and criminally responsible” for the crimes and torture committed in the 1970s, Martín Villa denies that as a member of the governments that led the Transition after the Malta Phone Number Franco dictatorship, a plan was hatched to “terrorize Spaniards.” . "A KAFKIAN SHOW" “I could have been responsible, politically and even criminally, for those deaths. It would even have been possible that I, in a fit of madness, could have been the material author, but what was not possible was that I was part of governments that concocted a systematic, planned plan to terrorize Spaniards who supported a government. democratic, eliminating those most significant people in the political order.” He assures that at the time these murders occurred, he did not have powers over the State security forces and bodies, although he did have them later as Minister of the Interior under Suárez, a position he held from July 1976 to 1979. "I accused him of crimes against humanity during times when I did not have powers at first and then I did, but it was in governments that moved from democracy to the Constitution," he said.
In his defense, Martín Villa has highlighted that he decided to testify voluntarily before the Argentine judge without being protected by either the Amnesty Law or the statute of limitations for crimes and has regretted that “more than a trial, what has been set up from here It is a Kafkaesque spectacle.” The one who was a minister in the two governments of Adolfo Suárez and vice president with Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo , describes the Transition as “one of the best stages” in the recent history of Spain, where the “only enemy was terrorism” and praises the figure of the main protagonists of the time, some of whom have now come to his defense. Recently, former political and union leaders signed a letter in defense of Martín Villa. He has referred to them as a way of thanking them. This is how he has cited the former presidents Felipe González, José María Aznar, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Mariano Rajoy . Also to the four union leaders Nicolás Redondo and Cándido Méndez from UGT, and Antonio Gutiérrez and José María Fidalgo from CCOO, who also appeared in the Buenos Aires court.
Although he recognizes that he could have “been politically and criminally responsible” for the crimes and torture committed in the 1970s, Martín Villa denies that as a member of the governments that led the Transition after the Malta Phone Number Franco dictatorship, a plan was hatched to “terrorize Spaniards.” . "A KAFKIAN SHOW" “I could have been responsible, politically and even criminally, for those deaths. It would even have been possible that I, in a fit of madness, could have been the material author, but what was not possible was that I was part of governments that concocted a systematic, planned plan to terrorize Spaniards who supported a government. democratic, eliminating those most significant people in the political order.” He assures that at the time these murders occurred, he did not have powers over the State security forces and bodies, although he did have them later as Minister of the Interior under Suárez, a position he held from July 1976 to 1979. "I accused him of crimes against humanity during times when I did not have powers at first and then I did, but it was in governments that moved from democracy to the Constitution," he said.
In his defense, Martín Villa has highlighted that he decided to testify voluntarily before the Argentine judge without being protected by either the Amnesty Law or the statute of limitations for crimes and has regretted that “more than a trial, what has been set up from here It is a Kafkaesque spectacle.” The one who was a minister in the two governments of Adolfo Suárez and vice president with Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo , describes the Transition as “one of the best stages” in the recent history of Spain, where the “only enemy was terrorism” and praises the figure of the main protagonists of the time, some of whom have now come to his defense. Recently, former political and union leaders signed a letter in defense of Martín Villa. He has referred to them as a way of thanking them. This is how he has cited the former presidents Felipe González, José María Aznar, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Mariano Rajoy . Also to the four union leaders Nicolás Redondo and Cándido Méndez from UGT, and Antonio Gutiérrez and José María Fidalgo from CCOO, who also appeared in the Buenos Aires court.