The Law of Contracts of Cultivation protected the peasants and when the Spanish government banned it infuriated the Catalan working class. This law was approved by the government of Lluís Companys and later on banned by the Spanish government, arguing that it exceeded the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1932.
The uprising was fuelled by multiple issues, the most important: the inclusion of anti-republican ministers of the CEDA, a right wing Spanish political party that won the 1933 elections, and the cancellation of the Law of Contracts of Cultivation ( Llei de Contractes de Conreu). Its most important action during the Republican years was the successfully suffocation of the Events of October the 6th, a Catalan attempt of secession. Instead of using terror tactics, ordered by Manuel Azaña, he acted quickly and avoided unnecessary bloodshed. In 1932, Batet led the repression of the general strike of the Alt Llobregat. In that position Batet was always deferent with the Generalitat of Catalonia, treated well the soldiers and promoted the use of the Catalan between them. Shortly after the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic, Domènec Betet was deployed in Catalonia as chief of the IV Organic Division. He also developed a pacifist ideology.Īfter that, during the Rif War, as a colonel he was one of the instruction judges who wrote the Picasso Files, a report directed by Juan Picasso González that pointed out the corruption of the African deployed Spanish officers, including Francisco Franco. During the war, he received decorations and was promoted multiple times. īiography Early military career ĭomènec Batet i Mestres started his career in the Spanish Army as a volunteer lieutenant in the Cuban War of Independence. After months of captivity, Franco ordered the execution of Batet. With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War Batet remained loyal to the Republic and was deployed in Burgos, where his subordinates betrayed him and captured him for the Nationalists. During the Second Spanish Republic, Domènec Batet was designated chief of the IV Organic Division in Catalonia and crushed the Catalan Uprising of October the 6th. After the Disaster of Annual, as a colonel, Batet took part in the investigation of the defeat taking part in the drafting of the Picasso Files. Starting as a lieutenant, Batet quickly escalated ranks during the Cuban War of Independence.
Domènec Batet i Mestres ( Spanish: Domingo Batet Mestres Tarragona, Aug– Burgos, February 18, 1937) was a Spanish military man who became general of the Spanish Army.
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