What does ETA think of the Spanish governments new Minister of Justice?
We are not going to pass judgment on the person. But of course we can judge the actions that pertain to the post. And to be honest, the latest declarations left us dumbfounded. The new minister seems to be from the same school as his predecessor. Time will tell, but the fact that he has begun by reconfirming the ban on Batasuna, upholding the legal and political persecution of the Basque nationalist Left, does not bode well. His actions form part of a state strategy and we will interpret whatever he does as such. In Batasuna’s statement at a famous rally at Anoeta stadium in 2004, the distinction was made between two tracks of talks, one for the political parties and activist groups, and another just for the Spanish government and ETA. Has ETA been interfering with the “other” track? Some people in the PSOE or the PNV have accused ETA of obstructing a political agreement… Not at all. ETA has no wish to interfere where it doesn’t belong. Ultimately the PSOE and the PNV are just using th
