Interview with the general coordinator of EH Bildu, Arnaldo Otegi, in Euskadi Irratia on March 7, 2024

Considering the incidents that have recently occurred in Tolosa, Donostia/San Sebastián, Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz, Arnaldo Otegi sees “an uncontrolled phenomenon” in the Ertzaintza. “Someone we do not know controls the Ertzaintza”, since, as he said, “given the order Tolosa, Donostia / San Sebastián, Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz and again Donostia / San Sebastián it seems very suspicious to us.” “Someone wants to increase tension and it is not the sovereigntist left,” he added.

In an interview with Euskadi Irratia, Otegi again responded to Josu Erkoreka’s statements. This week, the Basque government’s security adviser suggested that EH Bildu is “behind the scenes” of the latest incidents, a “suggestion” he described as “very serious”. All polls show EH Bildu as the winner or place us close, and now EH Bildu has decided that there will be incidents that could lose the election. It seems to us that almost no one can believe that,” he said.

On the other hand, Otegi has stated that there is “a problem with the police model” in the Basque Autonomous Community. In this sense, he does not understand “why they don’t want to talk about it”, and has emphasized that EH Bildu wants to talk about it.

Finally, in recent hours it has become known that a 44-year-old woman is in the intensive care unit of Donostia Hospital after being injured in the incidents recorded in the run-up to Tuesday’s match between Real Sociedad and PSG in San Sebastián . . Similarly, Otegi pointed out that “more people were injured” in the incidents the day before yesterday.