A former deputy for Spain's governing Popular Party (PP) in the parliament of the Madrid region has said Spain is returning to a situation that is "just like under Franco". The deputy in question is Teresa Gómez-Limón, who entered the Madrid assembly as a substitute for a retiring minister and then left the PP after being pressured to avoid making comments critical of the party following the disastrous 2013 train accident in Santiago de Compostela in which 79 people died.
Exdiputada PP,víctima del Alvia,acusa al ministro Catalá de haberle presionado para no abrir la boca.Afirma q le dijo q denunciar el accidente dañaría al PP.Acusa al PP de haberle hecho la vida imposible hasta irse.
— Juan Miguel Garrido (@Juanmi_News) 14 of April 2018
"Estamos involucionando hacia 1 situación PURAMENTE FRANQUISTA" pic.twitter.com/VfUsV71URr
Gómez-Limón is still connected to the support association for the victims of that rail accident and on Saturday, in a media interview, stated very strongly that she regretted that she had ever been part of the PP. Moreover, she added that the current lack of freedoms and democracy in Spain is taking the country backward to a situation that is just like the years of the Franco dictatorship.