It is not the first initiative nor will it be the last to claim a new opportunity for the Valley of the Fallen, which advances every day in a progressive deterioration of humidity, leaks, damage to the sculptures of Juan de Ávalos and cuts of light. Yesterday was the turn of the Spanish Christian Law Foundation, which initiated a signature collection campaign for Isabel Díaz Ayuso to assume her powers for the complex declaration as a good of cultural interest (BIC).
The president of the entity, Poland Castellanos, accompanied by fifty people carrying reproductions of the Cruz del Valle, recorded at the headquarters of the Community of Madrid 31,748 signatures to ask the regional government to act in Co -Camamuros.
At the gates of the Royal Correos Casa, Castellanos explained that the objective of this action is that “a very important heritage is protected, such as the valley in its entirety, the largest cross of Christianity and an impressive basilica, which is a work of art and, above all, to the victims who are buried there.” “They tell us about victims of a side that is a minority, but we forget the religious martyrs and the religious persecution that there was” and “that it was really flagrant,” he reminded Efe.
“It’s not enough”
For all these reasons, they ask the president of the Autonomous Government to declare as a cultural interest the Cazgamuros Valley, while claiming that with the open process with respect to the Escolanía “it is not enough” for being something “immaterial.” It should be remembered that the Community of Madrid announced in September that it will declare well of cultural interest, in the category of Intangible Heritage, the Escolanía de El Escorial, founded by the Augustinian religious of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, and that of the Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen, linked to the Benedictine congregation established in the abbey of the same name.
However, the Sol Government rules out having powers for the Monumental Enclosure, which delegates to state Administration, based on article 6 of Law 16/1985, of June 25, on Spanish Historical Heritage.
Castellanos stressed yesterday that, from Christian lawyers, they know that the Madrid president «is concerned about the corruption scandals of the government, as well as all Spaniards and all citizens (…) and, therefore, what you have to do is declare the valley of the valley so that the government cannot constantly resort to itto the basilica and the cross to divert attention ».
In the event that President Ayuso does not lend himself to culminating this request, Castellanos encouraged her to culminate a step that can take “the possibility of doing something good, which will have a revenue at the time of the elections”, and that it would be a “Electoral awkwardness, having elections surely very close, not doing so.” And it is that this lawyer of Valladolid considers that the government of Pedro Sánchez “cannot resist in this situation”, surrounded as the leader of the PSOE by corruption scandals that affect members of his party and his own family environment.
On the current situation of the Cazgamuros Valley, Poland Castellanos says that it depends on the foundation of the Santa Cruz, that the Government of Spain has no powers and that the community has “legitimation by law” to undertake that protection. “The Escolanía declared, said the CLESA factory, which seems great to me”but “it is necessary to declare the valley,” he insisted.
The president of the Lartados Foundation considers that with the BIC Declaration there would be a “greater protection” and in this way the Government of Spain would have it «Even more difficult to put their segar in the valley».
-The protesters at the Puerta del Sol chanted songs and slogans like “The valley is not touched” or “the cross is not sold, the valley defends itself”among the curiosity looks of the walkers who circulated at that time through the center of the capital.
The role of the ADVC
For his part, Pablo Linares, president of the association for the Defense of the Valley of the Fallen (ADVC), tells La Razón “to thank the constant support and concern of Christian lawyers.” Linares, who presented a contentious-administrative appeal against the resolution of the Community of Madrid that dismisses the BIC Declaration, awaits the decision of the Superior Court of justice of Madrid (TSJM), which has already received the conclusions of the parties. «Isabel Díaz Ayuso knows that she is legitimized for it [coincide plenamente con Polonia Castellanos] But this association does not understand What a dark motivation moves the Popular Party not to take action on the matter »he laments. For this reason, he affirms that “the ADVC will take responsibility for the Community of Madrid for what may happen for not having acted as it should.”
Linares points out that his “adherence to this cause and other similar is total.” At this time, he recalls, «we are waiting for justice to finally force the community at least to the initiation of the file, And the arguments of each other will be seen later ».
The position and commitment of the Association for the Defense of the Valley of the Fallen is known, but the activity of the Spanish Christian Lawyers Foundation is no less active.
The most recent step is a contentious-administrative appeal against the technical sheet for the resignification of the complex that the Government made public in mid-April. According to section 12 of the document, except for the altar and the nearby benches, “the rest of the spaces inside the basilica (lobby, atrium, intermediate space, unoccupied ship, dome (but without altar) and chapels of the holy grave and the Blessed Sacrament are not destined for cult and may be subject to interventions of artistic and museum nature for the resignification of the place.”
For Christian lawyers, this is a violation of religious freedom (art. 16 of the Constitution), because it is about “A state interference in a place of worship.”
In December, another complaint was filed against the president of national Heritage, Ana de la Cueva, as well as against the Manager of the Board of Directors, María Dolores Menéndez, for a possible crime of damage against historical heritage.
And in terms of collection of forms, already in February 2024 the foundation of lawyers delivered 35,041 rubrics before the national heritage headquarters so that Act against the “abandonment” of Cuelgamuros and to remind you of your obligation to preserve the enclave and comply with the regulations.
«It is a legal obligation, we are not demanding anything out of the law, simply that they comply with the National Heritage Law and that of historical memory that forces them to conserve, maintain and improve the monumental complex Del Valle, something they are not complying, ”said his spokesman, Norberto Domínguez.
