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Pro-independence Basque leftist parties made illegal
08/02/2008
The 'Audiencia Nacional', the court reserved for terrorist cases in the Spanish justice system, has banned the two parties that represent the pro-independence left, namely Basque Nationalist Action and the Basque Lands Communist Party.
As a result, pro-independence parties in the Basque Country will not be represented in the Spanish general elections, which will take place on 9 March 2008. Judge Baltasar Garzón ordered all BNA and BLCP activities to be suspended for three years. Their headquarters, offices and other establishments will be closed down, their bank accounts will be frozen, and they will be forbidden from taking part in the polls.
Earlier this week three members of BNA and three members BLPC were imprisoned, accused of collaborating with the armed group ETA.
Related Internet links:
- EiTB 24: Garzón suspende por tres años las actividades de ANV y EHA
- Gara: Garzón suspende las actividades de EAE-ANV y EHAK por tres años
- Deia: Garzón suspende por tres años las actividades de ANV y de EHAK
- El Correo Digital: Garzón suspende por tres años las actividades de ANV y del EHAK
Related articles at Nationalia:
- (06-02-2008) L'esquerra abertzale mira cap a Estrasburg
- (15-01-2008) La il·legalització de l'esquerra independentista al País Basc, qüestió de dies
Basque Country/Euskal Herria
General information
Population: 2.900.000 inhabitants (est)
Area: 20.500 km² (est)
Institutions: Navarra, Euskadi and Iparralde
State administration: Spain and France
Major cities: Iruñea, Bilbo, Donosti, Gazteiz, Baiona
Territorial language: Basque
Official language: Basque, Spanish and French
Major religion: Christianity (Catholicism)
