Democratic Junta of Spain

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The Democratic Junta of Spain (

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History

Origins

The Democratic Junta of Spain was a body created by the initiative of

The 12 points

The twelve points of the program of the Democratic Junta of Spain, written by Antonio García-Trevijano, were the following:

1. The formation of an interim government to replace the current one, to return to the Spanish man and women, aged eighteen, their full citizenship through the legal recognition of all freedoms, democratic rights and duties.
2. The absolute amnesty for all the responsibilities for acts of a political nature and the immediate release of all the political prisoners.
3. The legalization of political parties, without exclusions.
4. Freedom of association and returning to the labor unions the heritage of the

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5. The rights of strike, assembly and peaceful protest.
6. Freedom of the press, radio, opinion and objective information of state media, especially television.
7. Judicial independence and unity of the judicial function.
8. The armed forces must be politically neutral, professional and exclusively used for external defense.
9. The recognition under the Spanish unit of the state, of the political personality of the peoples.
10. The separation of church and state.
11. Holding a referendum to choose the final form of the State, either a republic or a monarchy.
12. The integration of Spain in the European Communities, the respect of all the international agreements and the recognition of the principle of international peaceful coexistence.

Platajunta

In 1976 the JDE formed a common front with the Democratic Convergence Platform, finally merging the two platforms in 1976. The merge was called Democratic Convergence, also known as the "Platajunta".

References

• Ortuño Anaya, Pilar, Los socialistas europeos y la transición española (1959-1977), Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2005,
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