They get way too cozy with some elements of the Spanish political landscape, and to prove just how moderate they are, time to time the unleash the brutality of the Ertzaintza on those Basques who dare to carry out actions that demonstrate their will to work towards their dream of statehood for their nation.
The members of the Basque Nationalist Party are also known for their tendency to discredit the efforts by several Basque groups and institutions to push forward the demands by the Basques society for a solution.
Well, seems like Rome does not pay traitors, check this out:
Members of Basque Nationalist Party called to be questioned
Questionings
06/25/2006A Spanish judge investigating extortion rackets run by the outlawed armed Basque group ETA has ordered two prominent members of the governing Basque nationalist Party to appear for questioning, a court official said.
National Court Judge Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Saturday ordered Gorka Aguirre, a member of the Basque Nationalist Party's executive board, to appear for questioning about his suspected collaboration in ETA's demands for payments from businesses, the official said late Saturday. He was speaking on condition of anonymity because court policy forbids him to be identified publicly.
Former Basque Nationalist Party president Xabier Arzalluz was also called to give evidence, but is not suspected of any wrongdoing, the official said. The Basque Nationalist Party has been the leading group in the Basque regional government for more than two decades.
The probe comes as the Spanish government prepares to open talks with ETA following the group's announcement of a permanent cease-fire March 22. Political groups close to ETA say the judge's actions can only hinder any eventual peace process.
Twelve suspected members and collaborators of ETA were detained in Spain and France in a cross-border police operation on Tuesday against ETA's 20-year-old extortion operations.
ETA, whose name stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom, has killed more than 800 people, mostly Spanish security force members, since 1968 in its campaign for independence.
On Friday, Grande-Marlaska ordered the arrest of two Spanish businessmen suspected of making payments to ETA. If they are shown to have made the payments voluntarily, they will be formally charged with collaboration. If they are found to have acted under coercion, they will likely be freed.
In recent years, several business owners have been questioned by judges for allegedly making payments to ETA, but none has been formally charged. Of the five arrested in Spain, four have been jailed on provisional charges of membership in, or collaboration with, an armed group. The fifth was released.
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