This Tuesday an international meeting of victims of terrorism was held in Vitoria and Maite Aralucepresident of the Association of Victims of Terrorism (AVT), refused to greet the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande Marlaska.
The minister assured in a speech that he had reaffirmed his commitment to the victims, which caused the rejection of Araluce, who assures that he did not leave the event out of respect for the rest of the authorities present. At the end of the event, he refused to greet Marlaska. “When I heard him speak It made me want to get up and leave the room.but given the presence of the king and the authorities of Spain and other countries, I held on to my seat,” Araluce explains.
The AVT president recounts the moment when she refused to greet Marlaska: “The minister came to me and said: ‘Maite, give me a kiss.'”No, I’m tired of it, just lie to us and tease us“, explains Maite Araluce who responded to the head of the Interior.
This episode comes a few days after its approval, with the support of the PP and Voxthe transposition of the European directive which will allow reduce the sentences of 44 ETA prisoners who spent the first years of their penance in French prisons.
