The Basque radical separatist party Batasuna didn’t vote
in this, as it understands that this is not a problem of enjoying
more power but of enjoying the right and possibility of self-determination
(independence). Batasuna viewed this as a strategic manoeuvre
by the institutional Basque parties to get oxygen while the latest
furious Spanish right offensive to illegalize Batasuna. Still,
this decision is a step forward towards independence.
Batasuna informed that they will take part in the discussion
in September but only if the right of self-determination is considered.
Arnaldo Otegi, Batasuna’s spokesperson, stated that the ‘Spanish
governments problem is the Basque people, not Batasuna’.
Meanwhile the two Spanish parties with representation in the
Basque Country, PP (ruling Spain) and PSOE continued what has
been their position since the dictatorship ended of opposing any
demands of increment of self-government in the Basque Country.
Both parties have reacted in the most fascist way to the Basque
nationalist demands. The Basque PP President Carlos Iturgaiz threatened
the Basque regional with the courts if he went ahead demanding
more power. Another PP MP threaten to abolish the ‘autonomy’
system applying to the Basque Country currently that allow just
some regional powers –what the alternative would be like
wasn’t unveiled, but then the only possibility is the comeback
of Francoism.
The decision is based on the basis that it doesn’t fulfilled
essential requirements like the report of the Navarran Council
for the Basque Language and that one of the General Direction
of the Public Service. It’s terrible that those in the Navarran
regional government implementing such laws are the Navarran conservatives,
the same ones who mention with pride that the Romans knew the
Basque language as Lingua Navarrorum or language of the Navarrans.
They’re not Navarrans – they’re a disgrace.
The Basque PSOE MP JR Jauregui stated that such demand entered
the grounds of the terrorists (ETA). Being this day the 5th anniversary
of the murder of PP councillor’s MA Blanco, both parties
PP and PSOE take advantage of it to say this was a compromise
with the terrorists. And so the former PP Home Minister Jaime
Mayor Oreja warned that if the Basque institutions challenge the
established frames they would face the Justice.
What is evident is that while everyone agrees the Spanish rule
everything is fine, but just as your mention self-government,
independence, etc, the whole democratic discourse is taking over
by the one they hide behind their masks: the fascist, francoist,
Españolist one where you’re called ‘terrorist’
just because those elemental and human rights (according their
international politics) of constituting yourself into an independent
country have been just defended by armed organisations as well
as many other political ones.
Then their democracy is exposed: you face military invasion (as
the Spanish Constitution states and as they practised in the time
of ETA’s cease-fire), you face to loose even the powers that
the current regional government allows or as they’re threatening
now any politician and party defending that position will face
imprisonment. That’s the Francoist PP’s farce. Whatever
happens in September, what is clear is that it will expose clearer
the real face of those Francoist fascists currently holding the
Spanish government.
Meanwhile the Spanish government reclaims back Gibraltar and
launches an offensive to recover the Perejil Island from Marocco.
It looks like the Spanish nationalist times are not over in this
new democratic and modern Europe.
PP and PSOE pact a resolution against the Basque attempts for
self-government in Parliament
On Monday 15th PP and PSOE passed a resolution in Parliament
against the Basque attempts for self-government. In this resolution
MPs from these two main Spanish parties PP and PSOE (the first
one currently holding power and the second one previously) demanded
the Executive (government) to guarantee the legality of the "Constitution
and the State".
This means that in a democratic system like the Spanish one,
the unity of the country is over the desires of citizens to make
use of their rights!! At the same time the regional government
of Navarre (one of the provinces considered part of the Basque
Country but not part of the Spanih Basque regional Government)
passed a resolution demanding the Basque regional government to
restore the àaccording to them!!!- Œlegality broken by them‚
by interfering with the Navarre‚s regional government in
their Basque self-government resolution.
