The Basque government has issued ten documents of people murdered between 1978 and 1982, in a law in which they have called for “constant testimonies” of what happened to “keep the memory alive”, with the aim of ensuring that this won’t happen again. .
The Basque government has this Saturday 10′Memory and recognition notebooks‘ to relatives of ETA victims whose cases have not been judicially resolved. In total, the documents of 34 people were edited murdered between 1978 and 1982 in the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV), of which 33 will be delivered.
The tribute took place at Villa Suso Palace from Vitoria-Gasteiz, and some relatives of these victims participated, who received the notebook and the affection of all those present.
‘They killed them. They took them from you. They wanted to erase their lives and their names from the face of the earth. They cut short their dreams. But no, they never will, they will never be able to erase your memory. ” noted Nerea MelgosaActing Advisor for Equality, Justice and Social Policy to the Basque Government.
“That is the meaning of these simple notebooks that collect traces and brushstrokes of his life and the court file of his case,” Melgosa insisted. “Say to everyone and to those who took your life: no, you didn’t make it. You are still very much present in the hearts of your people and in the collective memory of this country,” he emphasized.
Two of these family members also spoke at this event: Conchi Galíndez Bonillaniece of Felix Galíndez Llano, assassinated by ETA on July 25, 1981 in Amurrio; And Jose Miguel Cedillo Garciason of Antonio Cedillo Toscano assassinated by the terrorist group ETA on September 14, 1982 in Errenteria.
Conchi has told how since the ETA attacks they have made the victims carry life sentences “a very large backpack“which everyone deals with in the way they can.” Looking to the future, he lamented that “many young people today have no idea what happened”, and therefore asked the young people “not to return”. “, in reference to ETA’s terrorism.
For his part, José Miguel has advocated “constantly testifyingof what happened to ‘keep the memory alive’ with the aim of ensuring that it does not happen again.
The documents of cases of incomplete clarification include in a record of who they were, how they lived and how they died these victims of ETA terrorism whose cases remain unsolved, as well as various graphic materials provided by family members with the help of AVT.
There is also a document included signed by Lehendakari Iñigo Urkulluin which he “solemnly expresses the institutional recognition of the Basque government” to the victim’s family as “a contribution to the right to truth and justice” and highlights the injustice of each killing.
In the document, the Lehendakari “shares with his entire family and his most beloved people the memory, recognition and tribute of a person who saw his right to life unjustly curtailed.” The text concludes with the words: “Maintaining your memory will prevent something similar from happening again.“.
Source: EITB
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