The Spanish government of Pedro Sánchez is looking at making the Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco (National Francisco Franco Foundation) illegal as part of a wholesale reform to the law on historic memory. They're also considering modifying article 510 of the Penal Code to include a crime of apology for Francoism. This was revealed in the government's response to questions in the Senate from Compromís.
The foundation, which manages Franco's personal archive, says its primary objective is to "spread the memory and work of Francisco Franco". It has previously received Spanish government subsidies.
The response, dated 11th October, says that "opportune legal modifications will be included for associations and foundations which apologise for Francoism to be declared illegal and, similarly, modifying article 510 of the Penal Code to include the aforementioned apology as a crime is being studied".
On the other hand, the Spanish government didn't respond to the party's specific question, about the fact that the foundation's accounts haven't been presented for 2008 to 2010, nor for 2002 or 2003. The government says that the ministry of culture and sports, in charge of handling foundations, "cannot give out information which affects the privacy of a specific foundation". Compromís has criticised this response because, they say, the former government of Mariano Rajoy did give such information in response to previous questions.
The Valencian party didn't only ask about the accounts of the Francisco Franco Foundation, but also those of a range of controversial foundations: the Daughters of Millán Astray and Capitán Cortés Foundation, the José Antonio Primo de Rivera Foundation, the Yagüe Foundation, the Queipo de Pla Foundation, the Blas Piñar Foundation, the Ramiro Ledesma Ramos Foundation and the Serrano Suñer Foundation. The response, according to Compromís, was the same in each case.