30. 2610 Seaton
February 23, 1981.
my occupation at that time was an employee of Transports Municipals de Barcelona (Barcelona coach), where he was a driver in the center of the still working garage in the Great West Road, opposite the Hospital Princess of Spain, in the neighborhood of the city Bellvitge L'Hospitalet.
My membership was limited to my union membership in the General Union of Workers (UGT) Section Bus Association.
I remember that day I woke up at 3.30 am to go gridding like any other day and I remember I made up the service. I took SEAT service, from San Ildefonso Cornell of the SEAT factory in the free zone of Barcelona and other days, took to his workplace at 90-100 workers.
The political reality in those days was really troubled, especially by the UCD government crisis and the terrible bombings and assassinations that ETA was making.
I remember that afternoon went to visit my in-laws: Vitoriano, a fighter for the Republic and Eusebio, a woman from Cuenca, hardworking and always noble family care. They were already retired and spent several seasons in his "tower" of urbanization More Can Pi in Cervello, a splendid village of Baix Llobregat, where he was born Josep Tarradellas, President of the Generalitat in exile and then of the democratic Catalunya . We
my wife, humility and our first daughter, Adelaida, born on October 28, 1980 and had 5 months. Alberto was born three years later, on September 19, 1983. As another peaceful day with family, drank coffee with them, play with the girl and talk, especially the discussion of investiture as Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo was taking place at the Congress of Deputies. Shortly before Adolfo Suárez resigned under pressure from the barons then called UCD and the events that were taking place.
remember the beginning of the vote with calls to Deputies and the meaning of their votes, we were listening through of a transistor.
Suddenly there were noises, gunshots and hear voices and all Tejero saying "Quiet everybody."
A significant number of Civil Guard troops were invading the Congress of Deputies, the headquarters of the popular sovereignty of the English people and the greatest symbol of democracy in the country, kidnapping of Deputies, the Government, journalists and workers who were there. They wanted the involution of the dictatorial regime that had suffered for many years.
was then, at 18:00 am on February 23, 1981, when they began the long hours that many have experienced.
Trade unions, political parties and citizens in general, as we could with the news unrest taking place inside the chamber, almost all
That night we slept little.
The time of appearance in TVE del Rey Juan Carlos I marked a major break for citizenship and that was when I went to the garage to the west with the aim of calming the partners, employees, for the services scheduled for leave that day without problems. Workers should be able to get to work to restore normalcy in the country and to prevail the image of the triumph of democracy.
write these lines from the 2610's seat Congress of Deputies, from a position that in those years there was not dreaming.
I write 30 years later, one day before the February 23, 2011. Tomorrow
February 23, 2011, Deputies and Deputies, who were 30 years ago and now we are not celebrating anything.
What if we, or at least I will mark the failure of the coup and the victory of democratic values \u200b\u200bthat permeate the majority of citizens.
We are not alone.
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