Urkullu criticizes EH Bildu’s “lack of sensitivity” for including former members of ETA in its lists

The Lehendakari of the Basque Government, Inigo Urkulluhas criticized the “lack of respect, consideration and sensitivity” of EH Bildu to the victims of ETA for including candidates convicted of membership and collaboration with the armed organization on their 28 million electoral lists.

The lehendakari, who ruled on this controversy upon his arrival in the Basque Parliament, believed that while “they have the right to appear on the list, it is not acceptable” that the coalition of the nationalist left does not “give the necessary respect for the sensitivity of Basque society”. “There is no right to always have us in this permanent whirlwind,” he warned.

For its part, the President of Navarre, Mary Chivite, believes that “the move from violence to the imposition of ideas, to words, is a success for democracy and for society as a whole”. In this sense, he has emphasized that ETA “is in the past” and that the people on the EH Bildu lists are law-abiding.

After acknowledging that he “personally” doesn’t like certain people being on the lists, he has stated that “it’s strictly legal”. “Bildu makes his lists and the Electoral Council approves them. What we asked was that they lay down their arms and become part of the democratic system,” he claimed.

According to the president of Navarre, “the future of Basque and Navarrese society must be built with Bildu whether you like it or not”. This is how Chivite responded to an informative breakfast organized by Europa Press in Madrid.

The Collective of Victims of Terrorism (Covite) has denounced the inclusion of 44 former members of ETA on the EH Bildu lists for the regional and municipal elections on May 28.