Batasuna

Batasuna is a party Basque Indépendantiste of Extreme left, near to mobilities Marxiste S and Libertaire S. the term batasuna means unit in Basque. The Spanish government declares it illegal, in 2003, for its bonds with the independence group armed ETA. One in particular reproaches him for not condemning the violence of ETA. Moreover its spokesperson Arnaldo Otegi had paid a homage public to the leader of ETA, Jose Miguel Benaran Ordenana known as " Argala" killed in France in December 1978 by a group of extreme right-hand side Spanish.

This party is defended by alleging that it is sterile and hypocritical to condemn only one form of violence, that of ETA, without condemning all the other forms of violence, including governmental. Batasuna is regarded as a group Terroriste by the European Union.

Evolution

This party, since its foundation and following the illégalisations and repressions various, changed several times of name: Herri Batasuna, Euskal Herritarrok, Sozialista Abertzaleak, Ezker Abertzaleak, AUB, Aukera Guztiak.

Under this last name, Batasuna could be presented to the Basque autonomic elections in April 2005, and obtain 10 % of the voices, far behind the majority Basque party, EAJ-PNB, Christian-Democrat who obtains more 40 % of the voices and which is maintained with the capacity.

Lawsuits

The 1 {{er}} December 1997, the Supreme court of Madrid condemns the 23 leaders of the independence party Basque Herri Batasuna (popular Unit, HB) to seven years of prison firm to have intended to diffuse, within the framework of an electoral campaign, a television commercial carried out by ETA. Herri Batasuna states to yield “the word to those which offer really an alternative for peace and the democracy, to overcome the political conflict of today like its violent demonstrations”. In this videotape, one sees three people armed and hooded to claim the recognition of the Basque Country, therefore his right to self-determination, like his territorial unit (of which the inclusion of Navarre and the French Basque Country), and to require that the “Basque people” be able “to decide his future freely”. In exchange of a cease-fire, they require a general and unconditional amnesty for the members of ETA held in the prisons of Spain, as well as the departure of the Basque Country of the “Spanish armed forces”.

The following day, the Basque nationalist Party (PNV), formation Christian-Democrat, majority and to the capacity in the Spanish Basque Country, condemns the sentence, but precise: “The management committee (...) does not have any reason to support Herri Batasuna and less still the members of its direction. Our party received from their share and their political entourage only of the insults, of the threats and denigrations. (…) We note moreover (…) that the Basque citizens are tired them, of their arrogance, their aggressiveness related to the assassinations, removals and extortions made by ETA and the guerilla of street (…). Neither the PNV neither the large majority of these people will support the general strike convened for on December 15th, 1997 nor no other measurement of force, because it is time now that Herri Batasuna ceases associating with the political projects the pressure or the use of the force and the intimidation. ”

October 4th, 2007, the 22 members of the direction of this political party were stopped by the police force Spanish, and transferred to the judge in charge of from this business. Indeed they were suspected of meeting to organize making between the old one and new direction. However we know well that Batasuna was interdict of any political activity due to its bonds with ETA since 2003

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