The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, assured that the granting of the third degree to ETA prisoners Harriet Iragui and Luis Mariñelarena is the “hidden letter of the hooded pact between the PSOE and Bildu“. After supporting the words of Professor Mikel Buesa, whose brother was assassinated by ETA, he stressed that this approach confirms that for Pedro Sánchez to “continue” in Moncloa, the ETA members ‘leave’ from prison.
The opposition leader said on his social media that he had expressed his support for Buesa’s remarks. “I agree,” he said, after the professor criticized that “the ETA assassin (Luis Mariñelarena) who killed” his brother Fernando, who was a “socialist leader”“he was released today by the Basque prison advisor of the PSOE”.
“He saved eight years in prison thanks to the PSOE. “I will never forgive him,” Buesa said.
For her part, the general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, also declared that this third degree awarded to this member of ETA shows that “the PSOE continues to pay its debts“. “The only reason is to maintain the support of their partners in Congress: the famous hooded pact,” he stressed.
The PSOE continues to pay its debts.
Now he releases two unrepentant ETA members from prison and they don’t even explain the reason.
They don’t explain it because the only reason is to maintain the support of their partners in Congress: the famous hooded pact https://t.co/RzlpfpPF0m.
–Cuca Gamarra (@cucagamarra) October 2, 2024
Likewise, the spokesperson for the Popular Group in the Senate, Alicia García, highlighted that this is “one of the most terrible consequences of Sánchez’s concessions to stay in power.” “What shame and what indignity! “Enough”he exclaimed.
Covite asks to appeal third degrees
Covite asked the national prosecutor’s office to use the third diplomas authorized by the Basque Government to these two ETA prisoners, believing that “they do not repent” and remain “linked to the left of Abertzale”.
For his part, the president of the Dignity and Justice association, Daniel Portero, son of the former attorney general of Andalusia Luis Portero, assassinated by ETA in 2000, This Wednesday, he declared himself “disappointed by the rule of law” for the granting of the third degree to Iragui Gurruchaga.
The Minister of the Interior Spanish Government, Fernando Grande-Marlaskadeclared that the granting of the third degree to the terrorists Iragui Gurruchaga and Muñoz Cariñanos is “approved by the judicial authority.” That said, he assured that does not know the content of the above-mentioned resolution but he stressed that this type of writing is issued within “parameters of strict compliance with the law”.