In this way the Spanish government has banned groups as the social
ones Zumalabe, the youth organization Haika, the prisoner support
group Gestoras Pro-Amnistia, the party Herri Batasuna and Euskal
Herritarrok and the publications Egin, Ardibeltza and raided many
other groups’ offices. The organizers, Batasuna itself, compared
both main Spanish parties PP (Partido Popular) and PSOE (former
party in government, Socialist) with other fascists around Europe
and the world, for using such measures to get rid of opposition
and the desires of independence in Euskal Herria.
Batasuna spokesperson Arnaldo Otegi stated at the end of the
demo that Euskal Herria has faced all the known political systems
(questionable…): monarchy, dictatorship, republic, democracy
and fascism dressed as ‘democracy’. And according to
him, in all these situations Basques have managed to resist and
keep on the fight for their rights. He remind that those ones
on power now trying to ban Batasuna are the same ones who were
part of Franco’s government: Fraga Iribarne, the Oreja, the
Martín Villa, etc. They are the ones who in this so-called
‘democracy’ torture Basque citizens no matter if they
are not involved in any organization to pretend they have things
under control.
He stated that the Basque left doesn’t belong to a party
but to a feeling and that they’ll manage to ilegalize the
party but will not be able to destroy that feeling and that people.
The Spanish government has been trying to implement the party
illegalization for long time and has tried to take advantages
(as everywhere else) of the new anti-terrorist crusade led by
the U$ to get backing from the European and the International
community. See previous Euskalinfo articles on the subject.
