‘Health and the Republic’ is already resounding in barracks all over Europe

a Antonio Marco Santos protect him freedom of expression. This was determined a few weeks ago by the Fifth (Military) Chamber of the Supreme Court, which He eliminated two serious errors imposed by the defenseOne to support the statement of collective response against the Franco in the armed forces and the other for the statements he made in an interviewin which he explained his support for the aforementioned text.

a) yes, The Supreme abolished the imposed penalty From Army to Corporal Santos, to be signed in 2018 A statement against Francoism in the armed forces; It is considered that he was protected by freedom of expression and that Saying “Health and the Republic” does not violate political neutrality.

If the truth Echoed in the national pressthis news has crossed the border and reached the website of European Organization of Military Associations and Trade Unions It is headquartered in Brussels and consists of 34 federations, federations and associations in 22 countries.

This is how the Association for Democratic Military Memory (AMMD) announced this news on Twitter, the importance of which is in some way cleaning up the image of the armed forces in Spain and abroad.

the case of Quintus, a soldier on temporary contract, accrued of “serious” crimes, all related to the exercise of freedom of speech rather than neglect of professional duties; He was expelled from the army Just when he was away from his forty-fifth birthday and pass regulations to the paid mode of Special Availability Reserve (RED).

What does this sentence mean?

for Manuel Pardo de Donliboncaptain of the navy and Chief of weapons of mass destruction – which do not belong to the group of confederations present in the Council of Personnel of the Armed Forces (COPERFAS) – is good news because in their association they are dedicated to “the vindication of those soldiers who have gone to the Spanish Socratic tradition, especially those loyal to the Republic”.

“The Cabo Santos case has always been a source of concern to us. Clear military violations to limit their right to freedom of expression‘ continues Pardo, adding that ‘the Supreme Court itself tacitly admits in its ruling that this soldier was mistreated is significant, and although it does not go to the heart of the matter, He replaces some military authorities who use the disciplinary system to restrict rights.”.

Thus, from this point of view, recognition of this organization of European military associations is “very important,” he explains, “because, among other things, it seemed that Spain was an exception in the field of military unions“.