Judge Files Lawsuit Away

These are good news, but wait and see how someone will try to go against this ruling, it could be one of the fake ONG's like AVT, Foro Ermua, Manos Limpias and Basta Ya, or it could be a vindictive judge like Garzón and Grande-Marlaska, but in the mean time, the lawsuit against Hernani's mayor does not proceed.

Here you have the note about this issue published by EITb:

Politics

Spanish High Court

Spanish judge closes lawsuit against Mayor of Hernani

01/25/2008

Spain's High Court judge Santiago Pedraz considered the acts did not constitute a crime. Beitialarrangoitia said she did not mean to "praise" ETA but to express her feelings towards the Basque prisoners.

Spain's High Court judge Santiago Pedraz closed on Friday the lawsuit against the Mayor of the Basque town of Hernani over her conduct during a political rally in Pamplona/Iruña.

The High Court judge considered the acts did not constitute a crime, judicial sources reported.

Marian Beitialarrangoitia, Mayor of the Basque town of Hernani, took part in a political rally of the left-wing party ANV to present the list of candidates for the March parliamentary vote. During the rally, Beitialarrangoitia requested a round of applause for Igor Portu and Mattin Sarasola, two presumed members of the armed Basque group ETA arrested this month.

Beitialarrangoitia, who appeared in court to testify on Thursay, said she did not mean to "praise" the armed Basque group ETA but to express her feelings towards the Basque prisoners.

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