Editing CEDA (section)

==Aftermath==
Francisco Franco and the rest of the military did not trust CEDA, seeing Gil Robles as a potential rival. This led to his exile to Portugal. Apart from Suñer, very few CEDA members achieved high positions in the new military government. Historian [[:es:Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer|Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer]] found that only 8.6% of the Franco's government officials were former CEDA members. CEDA was not trusted because it was considered to have worked too closely with the Republican government.<ref name="pierce_1845">{{cite journal |title=Political Catholicism in Spain's Second Republic (1931-1936): The Confederación Española de Derechas Autónomas in Madrid, Seville, and Toledo |first=Samuel M. |last=Pierce |url=https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/01/98/40/00001/pierce_s.pdf |year=2007 |publisher=University of Florida |journal=University of Florida Digital Collections |pages=184–185}}</ref>

After the civil war, many former CEDA members emerged as critics of the Francoist regime, including Gil Robles, [[:es:Jesús Pabón|Jesús Pabón]], and [[:es:Manuel Giménez Fernández|Manuel Giménez Fernández]]. In 1944, Francoist police investigated CEDA members who stayed in Spain, including [[:es:Cándido Casanueva y Gorjón|Cándido Casanueva y Gorjón]], on suspicion of organizing resistance against the government; this led to several arrests. In the 1960s and 1970s, former CEDA cadres participated in the anti-Francoist Christian Democracy movement, and after the death of Franco, Gil Robles founded the [[Democratic People's Federation]] and took part in the [[1977 Spanish general election]].<ref name="pierce_1845"/>