Baltasar Garzón, the judge of the Spanish National Audience, has begun the trial against more than twenty Basque citizens, accused of receiving money from the political party EHAK (Euskal Herrialdeetako Alderdi Komunista – Communist Party of the Basque Homelands) when they worked for it. EHAK, being the representation of the Patriotic Left Wing in the Basque Parliament -Batasuna and ‘Aukera Guztiak’ were illegal- with 150.188 votes (12,5% / 9 seats), had all its activities illegalized for three years since February of 2008, by Garzón.
Yesterday, six of those citizens were interrogated. All of them refused to declare anything, because they were being judged “by a war tribunal that represses Basque people’s rights”. Garzón told them they where accused of colaboration with ETA, and that’s why they can go to prison between 5 and 12 years. The supposed relationship between EHAK and the armed organisation is that “the leadership of the Basque National Liberation Movement -the supposed unique coordination-net of ETA and its ’social and politcal branches’- payed the activities of the politcal party”.
A global offensive
Apart from this trial against Basque citizens, there are still some political trials against the Patriotic Left Wing, so before de 22nd of September the Supreme Tribunal will publicly announce the sentence against the politcal parties EHAK and EAE-ANV about their legal situation. Besides, the sentence against the pro-amnesty movement, Askatasuna, is expected to be announced this month, the same as the trial against Udalbiltza -organisation of elected members of political institutions all around the seven provinces of the Basque Country-, which is beggining very soon.
