Spanish Government Sparks Uproar by Bypassing Senate To Cut Terrorist Sentences
Senators insist that their rejection of the proposed law acts as a veto, but the government has pushed ahead anyway.
Senators insist that their rejection of the proposed law acts as a veto, but the government has pushed ahead anyway.
Spain accepted the massive exile of non-separatist Basques from the Basque Country during ETA’s reign of terror: what we sowed in indifference, we reap in disunity.
For the first time, the political arm of disbanded terror group ETA has a chance to govern the region.
The fact that most of these groups carried out attacks in the last years of Francoism has meant that, years later, they have been sold to us with a romantic, anti-Francoist vision. Yes, they were anti-Franco, but they were also terrorists.
Twelve years since officially forswearing violence, ETA terrorists have mastered the political fray.
Santiago Abascal, leader of VOX, has accused PM Pedro Sanchez of “allying with the heirs of terrorism.”
Twenty-five years have passed since the simple gesture of showing open palms—clean, innocent hands—became a symbol for what had suddenly become a movement: the Spirit of Ermua.
Apart from deciding who is eligible for financial compensation, the Law of Historical Memory from 2007 has been used to define how history is taught. Its trajectory will be accelerated with the Law of Democratic Memory of 2022.
Oukabir is also now appealing his sentence based on the ‘Atristain Doctrine.’ As in the cases of the ETA members, information key to his conviction was obtained from him while ‘incommunicado.’
The Spanish government’s political shielding of ETA was evident in the parliamentary committee’s vote on the report.
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