The Lehendakari considers published information about alleged cases of spying on institutional and political leaders as “extremely serious”.
the lehendakari, Inigo Urkulluconsiders the information published on “extremely serious” alleged cases of espionage institutional and political leaders. In this sense, it has from the Spanish Government a “urgent explanationThe Interior Ministry, for its part, denies its relationship with the Pegasus management company.
In a post published on his social networks this Tuesday, Urkullu indicated that if the revelations were true, “they would constitute a serious interference with privacy as well as the institutional and political system”. For that reason, he sees “a transparent and complete clarification needed” so that these kinds of situations cannot arise in a constitutional state.
In his publication, Urkullu has also pointed out that spying on dissenters is a “attack on the principles of a democratic system with guarantees”
According to a survey published by the newspaper The New Yorker and the University of Toronto’s research center The Citizen Lab, at least 65 Catalan and Basque pro-independence politicians and their entourage have faced espionage attempts, including Arnaldo Otegi and Jon Iñarritu.
Like the lehendakari, the EH Bildu deputy has denounced that the Spanish government is “taking time” to clear up the alleged 2020 espionage by the Pegasus software and has argued that it has “all” appropriate legal and political will take measures.
Source: EITB
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