The ideologue of the letter from the military to the King declares himself a republican

King Felipe VI, the Queen and President Pedro Sánchez, in the military parade of October 12 last year, in Madrid.SERGIO PÉREZ

The ideologue of the letter sent by 39 retired soldiers from the Air Force to the King has very little to do with the Air Force and the King.

José Manuel Adán Carmona hung up his uniform after Franco's death, with the job of captain, and developed his professional career as a finance inspector, becoming deputy director general in the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

According to Lieutenant Colonel José Ignacio Domínguez, who is also part of the XIX promotion of the San Javier Academy (Murcia), it was Adán who wrote the writings that were sent to Felipe VI and the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli.

His ideology is reflected in the articles that he periodically publishes in El Faro de Ceuta.

One of them, dated June 14, is titled

, although it could have been titled

It ensures that all State institutions are "infested with corruption" and controlled by the Government.

"Can anyone save us from this permanent ignominy?" He asks rhetorically.

"The EC [Spanish Constitution] helps us in its article 8, when it indicates that the Armed Forces have the mission of guaranteeing the constitutional order," it responds with a subtle invitation, or not so much, to the coup.

Faced with the social-communist government, he concludes, the Army "is the only thing we have left."

The paradox is that the person who wrote the letter with which 39 retired chiefs and officers of the Air Force conveyed to the King their most “sincere support and deep loyalty”, in addition to criticizing the Government, declares himself a Republican.

In an article published in the same newspaper on October 9, Adán refers to himself as "a republican like me", which does not prevent him from detesting the I and II Republic and saying "Long live the King!"

It is, in any case, a conditional monarchism because, if Felipe VI does not act as he believes he should, many will wonder “what is the role of the King?

and others, what is it for? ”, he warns.

"The King must not," he emphasizes, "grant a pardon" to the prisoners of the procés.

"He cannot hide in that it is the Government that has the competence, because it is not true [...] If he were to sign it, he would lose all the credibility as a good monarch that until now, among the majority of society, he enjoys" .

It is not known what the intentions of the retired soldiers who have signed the letter to the King are, but it is known that of its editor: that the Monarch face the Government and get out of his constitutional role.

In his article of December 1, Adán cites the letter that he has sent to Zarzuela as if it had nothing to do with her.

And interpret its meaning beyond literalness.

Contrary to what one might think, it is not an offer of "sincere support and deep loyalty" to Felipe VI, but a complaint and a request with a warning tone.

“Given the current situation”, he writes, “even a promotion from the General Air Academy, already in retirement, the XIX Promotion, has sent its complaint to the King and the President of the European Parliament, asking for protection against such foolishness.

And is that your Majesty, Spain imports more than you ”.