KING FOR SPAIN
Reform By Franco (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) MADRID, Nov. 23. Genera! Francisco Fran- ! co yesterday offered Spain a new organic law opening the way for the I establishment of a democratic monarchy after he steps down, the Associated Press reported. The 74-year-old “caudillo" (leader), who has ruled Spain under a dictatorship for 27 years, presented to the Spanish Cortes (Parliament) a new programme ranging from the selection of a new king to a substantial broadening of elective posts in almost every level of Government. He also proposed a new programme of religious freedom in Roman Catholic Spain. As the reading of the projected laws ended, the Cortes approved them by acclamation, unanimously. This opened the way to a national referendum expected to be held on December 14.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31225, 24 November 1966, Page 17
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