Arnaldo Otegi proposes a legal change to release 177 ETA members

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Arnaldo Otegi, the leader of EH Bildu, confessed last Monday at the Eibar Armory School that he has the release of the 177 ETA prisoners in Spain engraved on his forehead and that he needs Pedro Sánchez to continue in La Moncloa to promote a change in the Penal Code that opens the prison doors for them.

The "mother of all battles" for the former member of the gang and leader of the

outlawed

to shorten the sentences of around 80 terrorists who were sentenced to 40 years after the legal reform promoted by the Government of José María Aznar in 2003.

The release of the terrorists who executed 850 ETA victims is the priority of the head of EH Bildu despite the statement he read, just a few hours before, in the gardens of the Aiete palace in San Sebastián.

The

left

whitened under the initials of the EH Bildu coalition has in its political roadmap the release of all "its prisoners", achieving this legal reform in the next six years. An objective and a term that determine the explicit commitment of Arnaldo Otegi to keep Pedro Sánchez in the presidency of the Government not only with his five deputies [and those he may have in the next legislature], but also with the influence he exercises over ERC , PDeCAT and the BNG, the parties that signed the Declaration of the Llotja de Mar with EH Bildu in October 2019. An essential sovereign front for the inauguration of Sánchez in December 2019 and also necessary to address what Otegi defined as "the mother of all battles. "

Otegi alludes to his "responsibility"

"

(that is, in Basque) the mother of all battles," Otegi responded to one of the questions asked in a talk held in Eibar just seven hours after he and

read a statement of five points that included the recognition that the "pain" caused to the victims by the ETA terrorists "should never have happened."

A recognition instantly applauded by members of the PSOE such as Patxi López and Podemos such as the Minister and Secretary General, Ione Belarra.

The alleged gesture towards the more than 850 murdered by ETA and their relatives in the public act allowed Otegi to "kick the anthill" and place EH Bildu "in the center of the board," as he confessed hours later.

In the explanations of his militancy, Otegi is sincere and clearly establishes the formula "budgets for prisoners" in the negotiations already underway with the Government of Pedro Sánchez. On the night of this Wednesday, and after the controversy generated, in an interview with

, on

, Otegi alluded to his "responsibility" to anticipate the support for the accounts even though the 200 ETA prisoners are not released now. "A government of progress, yes or yes, has to rely on the Basque and Catalan independentists," he warned.

The prisoners are, as recognized by the leader of the

left

in the video broadcast by Antena 3 and Vocento, in the "frontispiece" of their political strategy, although they are not interested in recognizing it publicly and, even, it is a reason for confrontation with unions such as ELA and LAB who question the support of EH Bildu to Sánchez and, expressly, to the General State Budgets.

An endorsement by which EH Bildu has managed to transfer "five prisoners a week", which have benefited 202 ETA members since 2018, according to AVT data.

Reform of the Penal Code

But Otegi wants much more than close-ups. "We have to force the [Sánchez] government to introduce a legislative change that favors ETA prisoners," Otegi confessed to his family in Eibar. This legislative change is based on the elimination of two key issues introduced in 2003 in the Penal Code by the Government of Aznar. On the one hand, the sentences of the most bloodthirsty criminals arrested and tried after 2003 were raised to 40 years.

But, above all, the 2003 reform toughens the conditions for ETA members to get out of jail upon achieving the third degree or parole.

Since then, imprisoned terrorists have to serve a minimum of four-fifths of the maximum sentence limit in order to qualify for the third degree, and this requirement is even higher for parole.

In addition, it is established that to obtain the change in grade there must be an individualized and favorable prognosis for social reintegration, but this obstacle will be easier to overcome after the transfer of prison management to the Basque Country.

The government of Iñigo Urkullu has announced that it will multiply compliance with "semi-freedom" of sentences and it remains to be seen how it influences the treatment boards that have not yet met after the transfer.

At the moment, 104 prisoners have already formally requested their transfer to the Basque Country.

Another piece in the puzzle of Otegi, Pedro Sánchez's ally.

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• Bildu

• ETA

• Pedro Sanchez

• Arnaldo Otegi

• Basque Country

• Iñigo Urkullu

Basque CountryPatxi López accuses the PP of "using terrorism against the socialists" after flattering Otegi's statement

Basque CountryUrkullu subtracts from the Quota three times the cost of prison management

PoliticsThe PSOE and Podemos applaud the "important step" taken by Otegi, recognizing the "pain" of the victims of ETA

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