The Collective of Victims of Terrorism (Covite) once again points the finger at the Department of Justice of the Basque Government, led by the socialist María Jesús San José, for having approved the third degree of the ETA member, Aitor Olaizola. Found guilty of the murder of police officer Santos Santamaría on March 17, 2001, he was serving his sentence, according to the latest count of the Association of Victims of Terrorism (AVT), in Zaballa prison, in Álava, after being transferred to Logroño. .
From Covite they accuse San José of continuing the “fraudulent” granting of third degrees to ETA prisoners promoted by previous administrations in charge of the PNV, understanding that this does not respect the requirement to “repent” and continue in the orbit of the Basque independence left. In fact, they attach documents to justify that his silhouette was exhibited during public events organized in the Basque Country.
“You cannot be with Sortu (the heir party of Batasuna which is part of the core of EH Bildu) and be sorry,” the group insisted. Likewise, they regret once again that the Basque Government promotes respect for the requirement of repentance by writing handwritten letters in which prisoners are supposed to express their repentance and ask forgiveness from the victims, while the facts “always end up deny these words.
In addition, they address the Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court and demand that it “resort to this last third degree so that this can be overturned, given that it is the only institution that can and must do so in the interest rights of victims. to justice.” “. “It is the Prosecutor’s Office that must guarantee our right to justice in the phase of execution of sentences, since in this phase we are denied the right to be in person, but we know that these Lately, he not only watches over our rights, but he approves third diplomas for unrepentant ETA members,” they say.
“Gora ETA”
This same Tuesday, Covite also denounced graffiti in favor of ETA in the Basque Country. This is the Guipuzcoan municipality of Legazpi, where the message “Gora ETA” appeared on a wall. “The glorification of ETA in public space is part of the Basque landscape. This would not happen if ETA members and their tens of thousands of snitches and collaborators were not proud of what they do,” the group posted on its social networks.
