Monday, March 07, 2005

Oops, Wrong Demand Zapatero

A couple of days ago EITB reported that Spanish Prime Minister played the same worn out card:

Yesterday Basque socialists held a conference in San Sebastian, where Zapatero requested those "who talk about self-determination to be brave enough to declare themselves independent from ETA".


Well, like a certain "liberal" that once asked me a similar question, he got these answers:

Ibarretxe responded that "it's been years since Basque citizens made independent from ETA. Most citizens, I think that even most of outlawed Batasuna want ETA's violence to stop". "Politics debates cannot be mixed with ETA's violence especially when democratic matters are honest and legitimate. Those who support the independence and those who support Spain's unity cannot be mixed. That's to impoverish from the politics point of view."


And:

The outlawed left-wing nationalist Batasuna spokesman, Arnaldo Otegi, has challenged the Spanish prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, to "be independent from conservative PP" and "plead independent" from the strategy of "denying and humiliating the Basque country."


There you go, any other requests?

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2 comments:

  1. I found out about it a couple of days ago, I'm considering posting the link here.

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