[2] Melilla, a city in which Franco served in the Rif War and the Spanish protectorate in Morocco, still has several public homages to the dictator.

[2] It had been commissioned days after the dictator's death, and Novo Álvarez won a nationwide competition to receive a tender of 3 million pesetas.

[4] In June 2015, members of the local Civil Guard – a gendarmerie force controversial for their actions during the dictatorship – provoked outrage from some politicians for posing for a photograph with the statue.

[5] In October 2019, Gloria Rojas, leader of the local Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and regional vice president, proposed the removal of the statue after the November elections.

[6] In February 2020, Rojas said that discussions were being held with the other member parties of the local government – Citizens and Coalition for Melilla – and that the statue's destination would be in the city.