The delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has presided, together with the Superior Head of the National Police of the Valencian Community, Carlos Gajero, the act of commemoration of the Day of the Victims of Terrorism in the National Police.
There have been 188 national police officers killed by terrorism in Spain, Bernabé recalled. In this act, the delegate stressed that “the commitment to the memory of the victims is a sacred memory, which cannot and should not be used for particular or partisan purposes.” So, he added, “You cannot speak on your behalf without listening to them. The victims are not flags. They are people with a legacy that deserves respect.” And for all of this, it has put in value “unity: the spirit with which Spain defeated terrorism”. The defeat of terrorism, said Bernabé, was achieved “from the unity, from the law and from the courage of the democratic people who never lost hope” and, above all, “from the selflessness and work of the national police and the Civil Guard, who in many moments left their lives to defend democracy, freedom and coexistence”.
Thus, he said that “each of the names we remember today are not only a testimony of pain, they are also a beacon that illuminates the value of freedom.” This act is also “an act of country” because, as he said, “a consolidated and mature democracy is one that does not turn a page without remembering, that does not build its future by forgetting its past”. And for all of this, he thanked “the laws approved for the recognition and integral protection of the victims of terrorism.”