La persecución de un imposible: dictadura y aperturismo. El diario Ya durante el régimen de Franco.

Abstract

Ya supported Franco’s regime since 1952. But from 1939 onwards it suffered an important governmental control, through an imposed editor. The editorial company was under suspicion because of its acceptance of the Second Republic (1931-1939). From 1953 to 1959 Ya lived an era of extreme internal division between followers and enemies of Franco’s regime. The later were expulsed from the company. By the Press Law of 1966 there was more press freedom in Spain. Ya demanded political openess, political pluralism and more popular representativity in the Parlament. But these proposals had a contradiction in themselves, because they were incompatible with Franco’s dictatorship. However, after Franco’s dead, those responsible for the political transition to democracy used some valid elements from the former regime. Some of these ideas were promoted by the articles of the “Grupo Tacito” in Ya, in the earlier 70’s.