Saturday, May 9, 2015

ETA rejects disarmament plan – La Estrella de Panama

The armed separatist organization ETA Friday rejected a disarmament plan presented by the regional government of the Basque Country, in northern Spain, refusing to give his arsenal.

In a statement published in the newspaper Gara Basque fifteen days of the municipal elections in the region, ETA, classified as ‘terrorist organization’ by the US and the European Union, hosted by contrast favorably the proposals of the Basque separatist coalition EH Bildu.

The EH Bildu plan presented in late April, envisages the creation of an ‘independent committee of disarmament’, with international experts to collect and destroy weapons.

The regional government led by the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), reacted reminding reporters that since “more than 35 years there is a statement from ETA at the beginning of the electoral campaign”. ‘They know what they have to do: more facts and less talk, “he added

In its statement, ETA heavily criticized the plan presented in December by the regional executive, in the absence of initiatives by Madrid. prevents any dialogue with the organization.

ETA specifically rejects the idea of ​​giving their weapons to the Basque government on the grounds that it is not a neutral agent.

The plan of the Basque government expects between other things the creation of a committee approved by the regional parliament, which ETA transmit the coordinates of their arsenals to any dismantling the Basque authorities.

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separatist rebels

The ETA armed group seeking independence for the Basque Country

It is in operation since 1958 during the Franco dictatorship.

In 2011 announced the definitive cessation of its armed activity, which attributed the death of 829 people.

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