Bildu's lists for the upcoming 28M elections continue to bring a tail and monopolize the leading role in the national political spectrum, fully immersed in the campaign. The inclusion of those convicted of terrorism among the candidates of the Basque formation has provoked the indignation of the victims' associations and in some of the parties, including Vox, which this Friday registered a resolution proposal in Congress to request the Government to illegalization of Bildu based on the Law of Parties.
According to articles 9 and 11 of the aforementioned law, any party "will be declared illegal when its activity violates democratic principles, particularly when it seeks to deteriorate or destroy the regime of freedoms." The law explained that "regularly also including in the directors or in their electoral lists people convicted of terrorist crimes or who have not rejected violence" is another reason to urge its illegalization.
Supported by both articles, Vox has presented today before the Congress Table a resolution proposal to force a vote that "expels the political arm of ETA from the institutions." An old desire of Abascal, which he usually repeats at his rallies with some frequency.
In the letter, Vox recalls that in 2002 both the PP and the PSOE agreed to outlaw Herri Batasuna for reasons that, according to them, are very reminiscent of those currently running in these elections. Vuelven has revealed that Arnaldo Otegi continues to lead EH-Bildu (he is the general coordinator) and that the party has never condemned ETA's violence.
To all this is added the inclusion in the lists of the Basque Country and Navarra of up to 37 convicted of belonging to an armed gang and seven more with blood crimes. Facts that, according to Vox, could constitute a violation of the Party Law. “For all this, we demand that, as happened in 2002, Congress urges the banning of Bildu because it is a moral duty and a commitment to defend the thousands of victims of ETA, which EH-Bildu despised. Failure to do so would be an unforgivable affront, not only to the direct victims, murdered or relatives, but to all Spaniards, indirect victims of ETA's criminal trajectory," the statement reads.
Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, parliamentary spokesman, has referred in Cáceres to the initiative presented by Vox. "The morale of the country is very affected these days because the political arm of the terrorist group ETA presents a few ETA members, terrorists convicted of blood crimes," he pointed out.
The Prosecutor's Office opens due diligence
For its part, the National Court Prosecutor's Office will investigate whether the 44 ETA members included in the lists meet the requirements to run for public office, according to what ABC learned. The Public Ministry opened proceedings as a result of the complaint filed yesterday Thursday by the Dignity and Justice association, chaired by Daniel Portero, son of Luis Portero, the chief prosecutor of the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia assassinated by ETA in the year 2000.
