Franco exhumation a political game that debases his legacy, grandson says

By Clara-Laeila Laudette MADRID (Reuters) - A decision by Spain's government to remove Francisco Franco's remains from a state mausoleum is simply an act of political opportunism ahead of next month's election, the late dictator's oldest grandson and namesake said on Wednesday. Francisco Franco y Martinez-Bordiu will play a leading role in Thursday's low-key ceremony in the Valley of the Fallen outside Madrid. He criticised both politicians and the judiciary for allowing his grandfather's exhumation, and reburial in a nearby private family vault, to proceed

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