Erkoreka Announces 41% Increase in Ertzainas to Address Cases of Sexist Violence

The first deputy Hendakari and Security Council member, Josu Erkoreka, announced on Radio Euskadi this Wednesday that the Basque government will increase the workforce of base agents dealing with cases of sexist violence by 41%.

This reinforcement means a reduction of 30% in the workload of the agents who carry out the evaluations and follow-up of each file, from 71 to 100.

As later reported by the Basque Government in a note, the List of Positions (RPT) will be amended to allow the staff of the Ertzaintza, which monitors and evaluates cases of gender violence and domestic violence registered by the Basque Government, with Expand 40.8%. Ertzintza.

So, from a current job listing of 70 positions, it will rise to 100, so that every agent dealing with this case can see their workload reduced by an average of 29.33%: of the 75.6 average cases per agent, go to 53.7 files .

Erkoreka explained that the teams that are now being strengthened work in all police stations of Ertzaintza and are dedicated solely and exclusively to the care of female victims of this violence.

According to data from the Ministry of Security, the Ertzaintza currently has 5,370 files registered, 233 of which are serious with a special or high risk for the victims.

Negotiations with the Ertzaintza

Asked about the negotiations with the Ertzaintza, Erkoreka has assured that the general linear salary increase of the ertzainas is “illegal and unsustainable”. The first deputy hendakari and Security Council member has assured that an increase of 1,100 euros to 8,000 assets would have an impact of 125 million euros and “would be challenged by the state”.

In addition, the Security Minister stressed that his department “has never left the table” to negotiate with the Ertzaintza and “looks forward to the return” of the unions to this forum, which “remains in place” to resume talks for ” as soon as possible”. as they say they are ready” without “necessarily starting with a general linear salary increase”, which is “illegal”.

Likewise, he regretted that at the negotiating table last Friday, the unions, who decided to get up from the table, “didn’t even want to talk” about the 37 measures proposed by the ministry.

On the other hand, when asked about a possible “boycott” on the Tour, he stated that he “doesn’t even want to assume anyone is considering the possibility that law enforcement, defenders of the law, officials legally empowered to enforce the law of enforce everyone, use fraudulent strategies to defraud the law in all things sick leave.” “Basque society would not understand,” he warned.