The SRE (Mexico's Foreign Ministry) decided to issue an statement and in the process of doing so they made fools out of themselves.
On a press release sent only to foreign news agencies in Mexico that they labeled "Status of the six etarras" they explained the legal status of the six Basque political prisoners jailed in that country.
Problem is, the presumption of innocence is corner stone on almost every country's legal system. Which means that one is innocent until proven guilty and it is up to the prosecutor to prove one's accountability.
The six Basque political prisoners in Mexico are being accused by Clown Garzon and his Inquisitors of belonging to armed group ETA, the members of ETA are known as "etarras". Until today Garzon and the Kingdom of Spain have been unable to produce solid evidence (the have not produce not even soft evidence for that matter) that the six Basques imprisoned in Mexico are members of ETA, today those six Basques are innocent, until proven guilty.
If they are ever proven guilty, if Garzon demonstrates that they belong to ETA, then that day they could be called "etarras".
But today, like a year ago when they were illegally arrested, they are innocent, therefore, they can not and should not be called "etarras".
The problem with the SRE's release is that by calling them "etarras" they are finding the six Basques guilty even before they go to trial, that is a dangerous precedent, mostly coming from a Foreign Ministry that is left with the responsibility of deciding if the extradition demand from Spain proceeds.
By calling them "etarras" they are assuming that they are guilty, which prejudices their decision, if they are guilty of belonging to ETA then they should be extradited. The language of the release indicates that their decision has been manipulated by someone.
Who?
What about the person that just last week was shunned by two Catalonian politicians for his part on the dirty war, incarceration and torture of Catalonian nationalists?
Yes, his name is Baltasar Garzon, the one that people from the Kroc Institute call a "hero of Human Rights". Maybe that is why they should stick to flipping hamburgers.
On a press release sent only to foreign news agencies in Mexico that they labeled "Status of the six etarras" they explained the legal status of the six Basque political prisoners jailed in that country.
Problem is, the presumption of innocence is corner stone on almost every country's legal system. Which means that one is innocent until proven guilty and it is up to the prosecutor to prove one's accountability.
The six Basque political prisoners in Mexico are being accused by Clown Garzon and his Inquisitors of belonging to armed group ETA, the members of ETA are known as "etarras". Until today Garzon and the Kingdom of Spain have been unable to produce solid evidence (the have not produce not even soft evidence for that matter) that the six Basques imprisoned in Mexico are members of ETA, today those six Basques are innocent, until proven guilty.
If they are ever proven guilty, if Garzon demonstrates that they belong to ETA, then that day they could be called "etarras".
But today, like a year ago when they were illegally arrested, they are innocent, therefore, they can not and should not be called "etarras".
The problem with the SRE's release is that by calling them "etarras" they are finding the six Basques guilty even before they go to trial, that is a dangerous precedent, mostly coming from a Foreign Ministry that is left with the responsibility of deciding if the extradition demand from Spain proceeds.
By calling them "etarras" they are assuming that they are guilty, which prejudices their decision, if they are guilty of belonging to ETA then they should be extradited. The language of the release indicates that their decision has been manipulated by someone.
Who?
What about the person that just last week was shunned by two Catalonian politicians for his part on the dirty war, incarceration and torture of Catalonian nationalists?
Yes, his name is Baltasar Garzon, the one that people from the Kroc Institute call a "hero of Human Rights". Maybe that is why they should stick to flipping hamburgers.
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