[News]Cádiz fans boycott Carranza's name change: Santiago Abascal or Francisco Franco stadium, among the most voted

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A few months ago the intention of the Cádiz City Council, whose councilor is José María González, better known as Kichi (Podemos Andalucía), to change the name of the Ramón de Carranza stadium was known. And it is that in the words of the Cadiz mayor, this was "an accomplice in the coup d'etat", reason why the name of the sports enclosure would be breaking the Law of Historical Memory.

 

Thus, to remedy this, it was tried to carry out a consultative process to choose a new name, but judging by the results of this vote, the Cádiz fans have responded by boycotting it. The options with the most votes, more than 600, were Ramón de Carranza and Carranza, that is, it would mean keeping the name that was up to now. The surprise, however, came with the following two alternatives.

 

It should be noted first that the second most voted option, "Estadio Carranza", is the alternative that would eliminate Ramón's name but would keep his last name, and it is supported by the Federation of Peñas del Cádiz CF. Juan Antonio García, president of this entity, said the following on the La Voz Digital portal: "Carranza does not refer to a person at all. It was our preference and it is what the supporters' clubs asked for in their day. I cannot defend a new proposal because ours is more than clear. It depends who interprets the Law, whatever name it is. What is clear is that the proposal we defend is totally legal because it is also a registered trademark. "

However, Juan Antonio García has denounced the voting process for its lack of guarantees: "The veracity of the votes has not been verified. The third proposal with the most votes has been 'Santiago Abascal Stadium', which shows the seriousness of the process that the City Council has carried out ". According to a document shared on social networks, the next most voted alternative has been "Estadio Francisco Franco." None of the four options has been accepted by the City Council commission.

 

In this sense, he considers that keeping Carranza's name would be the most appropriate: "We defend Estadio Carranza not as a person, but as a feeling. When it is named, nothing is exalted, it speaks of something rooted in the Cádiz and the Cadista. It's hard to relate to any other option, "he said.