EH Bildu justifies the use of messages
in favor of the release of ETA prisoners and the presence of photographs of ETA members during
the march for Basque
as it is a
"space for plural claims"
.
MEP Pernando Barrena places the acts denounced by victims' associations, political parties, the Pamplona City Council and the Basque Government as expressions calling for
"respect for the rights of political prisoners"
.
Pernando Barrena recalled that similar acts have been repeated since the first edition of
Korrika
, the race to promote Basque organized by AEK and which held its twenty-second edition during the first days of April.
A relay march through the Basque Country, Navarre and the French Basque Country with the aim of defending the Basque language and promoting it.
However, as victims' associations such as
Covite, Dignidad y Justicia and the Fernando Buesa Foundation
have denounced , during the tour the use of photographs and banners in support of ETA prisoners has been continuous.
"
The real scandal
is that 11 years after the end of ETA's armed activity there are still people in prison and that political trials are being held," said Barrena in the first assessments of a leader of the Abertzale Left after the controversy for acts that have been denounced as
"glorification of terrorism"
.
Dignity and Justice has sent images to the National High Court for the judges to analyze the possible criminal nature while the Basque PP has asked the Prosecutor's Office to act ex officio.
During the march, one of the bearers of the witness was
José Antonio Urrutikoetxea 'Josu Ternera'
who walked one kilometer of the 'Korrika' in Baiona (France).
She is also the lawyer for prisoners and sentenced by the National High Court to 7 and a half years in prison, Arantza Zulueta participated as a reliever in the march for Basque in the Old Town of Bilbao, where she was applauded.
"I understand that some victims do not feel comfortable,"
Barrena defended, defending "carrying out that demand for the rights of prisoners without causing any added suffering to the victims."
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