The Gipuzkoan municipality of Mondragón is preparing to host this weekend a tribute to the bloodthirsty ETA Henri Parot with a relay race with as many kilometers as the prisoner has been behind bars for years (31). And the Government, despite the deep seriousness of the affront to the victims, remains with its arms crossed. Not for lack of will, he maintains, but for lacking the “legal instruments” necessary to prohibit the act.
As we reported today in EL ESPAÑOL, the portfolio of Fernando Grande Marlaska he excuses himself by defending that he will continue to be tied hand and foot in the face of pro-ETA festivities while the European Commission does not approve the revision of its directive dedicated to the recognition and comprehensive protection of the victims of terrorism. Which means, if we lower the ball to the floor, that Moncloa will maintain its paralysis until Europe forces it to do otherwise.
The inaction of the Government is particularly unacceptable when, by a vote of the European Parliament in 2018, the Commission will include two points in the directive that do not give rise to misunderstanding. In them, it demands that the Member States “prohibit tributes to people found guilty of carrying out terrorist activities by final judgment” and “pay special attention to the victims when they may suffer harassment or fear possible new attacks by the environment. aggressors “.
It seems sensible to think that, with these arguments on the table and with the support of the European partners, the Executive of Pedro Sanchez he had the wickers to do something else. Why, then, did you choose not to anticipate and change a law that would put an end to welcome? Did he put other interests first despite governing the country hardest hit by terrorism in Europe?
Instruments available
Not only Interior welcomes the lack of legal instruments to stop the act of Mondragon. So does the Basque Government. The vice-lehendakari Josu Erkoreka yesterday acknowledged the impossibility of suspending the meeting, beyond the fact that “it may become an act of exaltation of terrorism, terrorists and contempt for the victims,” because it is protected by the right to freedom of expression.
So that both the regional and national administrations cling to resignation and turn a deaf ear to the requests of the victims’ and police associations, which demand more political involvement and defend (as the lawyer reminds us Carmen Thief of Guevara) that “if they wanted to, they could” put an end to these acts.
Because, although they are protected by current legislation, Ladrón de Guevara points out that there are two mechanisms to limit them.
One, by criminal means. It would imply that the National High Court, at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, ordered the suspension of a meeting for exalting terrorism or for humiliating the victims. Another, by administrative means. It would oblige the Security Councilor or the Government delegate to cancel it through the regional or national Victims Law.
Intolerable humiliation
Unless there is an unexpected turn of events, the terrorist with the worst ETA record will be cheered next weekend. The murderer of 39 people and the perpetrator of the massacre in the Zaragoza barracks house (with 6 adults and 5 children dead) whom the promoters of the event recognize as political prisoner.
Yes, it is true that criminal proceedings, in the absence of favorable jurisdiction, lacks the desirable guarantees. But it is clear that the victims deserve a government that doubles its efforts and explore all the formulas at your fingertips to prevent this type of intolerable humiliation from continuing to occur in our country.
A government that does not cover itself with pretexts, anticipates European resolutions and puts an end to the demands of ETA’s barbarism once and for all.
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