There's a new block from PP and Ciudadanos to the plans of Pedro Sánchez's Spanish government. This time, it's about what to do with the remains of dictator Francisco Franco. It's been agreed he'll be removed from the Valley of the Fallen, where he's currently interred in a basilica, but his family want him moved to Madrid's central Almudena cathedral. The government opposes this to avoid creating a site for far-right pilgrimage in the centre of the capital.
The two opposition parties are now looking to ask for an extension to the deadline to present amendments to the reform to the law on historical memory, Vox Pópuli reports. The government's planned reform to the law aims to introduce an amendment preventing the dictator's remains from being interred in a public place, which would rule out the cathedral. The current deadline is set to run out this Tuesday at 8pm.
The plan, however, is on hold until PP and Cs decide. At Tuesday's meeting of the Congress's governing bureau, on which they hold a majority between them, they'll ask for an extension to the deadline for submitting amendments, putting the bill on hold. Cs argue they're still studying the amendments.
With this block from the bureau, PSOE have only two options left. One is to wait until they stop asking for deadline extensions; the other is to approve the reform by executive order or royal decree.