[The new ipanish cabinet is already show ing…]
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The new ipanish cabinet is already show ing itself no more capable than its predecessor of holding together the crumbling structure of Prime / Minister Suarez took office when military and other ultra-Francoist forces objected to the "reformists" of the previous cabinet.
But already Suarez has been forced into the same kind of "reformist" rhetoric in an effort to find shelter from the tornado of anti-government activity from the working class.
The sight of demonstrations in the last two weeks of tens of thousands in every major Spanish city terrorised the members of the Cortes (Spain's fake parliament) into finally passing the law which would legalise some political parties.
The Communist Party will be excluded, though it is not explicitly mentioned in the law as many members of the Francoist "bunker' wanted.
REFUSED
All the parties of the class collaborationist opposition alliance, the Democratic Coordination, have so far refused to apply for legal recognition under this new law.
Suarez has also reiterated Arias Navarro's promise of constitutional referendum in the autumn followed by "general elections" before June 1977.
And the growing clamour for amnesty has made it almost certain that King Juan Carlos will shortly be forced to announce the release of about 350 political prisoners (not including members of the Euskadi nationalist organisation ETA or the maoist guerilla group the FRAP).
PATHETIC
All this is the Suarez government's pathetic effort to put on an acceptable face But even