In war foot. The Ertzainas have exploded before the provocations of the general coordinator of EH Bildu, Arnaldo Otegi, who accused the Basque Police of having “Elements infiltrated by the extreme right Spanish at the service of other states. “Moreover, the Abertzale politician insisted that” Basque society deserves A policeman who respects rightsact responsibly and solve problems and conflicts without aggravating them. “
Their words have penetrated the agents, who have branded them “Serious and irresponsible”and have reacted hard: “We will not tolerate that The one who was leader of the terrorist band ETAcovered his violence and his more than 850 murders (including 15 Ertzainas), 2,600 injured and almost 90 kidnapped, give us lessons of anything“
According to the Ertzaintza Professional Union (Si.pe), Otegi’s words are a “Front attack against dignity of those who risk their integrity every day “by that of all Basque citizens.” It is paradoxical that those who have silenced, justified or lived with the violence of ETA And from the Kale Borroka, those who stoned patrols, burn containers and They point to the agents for the simple fact of carrying a uniformnow intend to give lessons about democracy and security, “they have sentenced.
Otegi’s “incendiary Speeches”
And therefore, they demand “respect”, since accuse “without evidence” Attentive not only against the image of the Basque Police, but against the trust that citizens have in this institution. Agents demand politicians to “stop sowing doubts” about their professionalism and work to guarantee better media and more human resources. They consider that citizens deserve a serious debate about security and not “incendiary speeches” to mobilize the “usual radicals”.
From the union they ensure that reality, no matter how much EH Bildu tries to twist it, is that Ertzaintza continues to suffer “harassment” of those groups that do not accept democratic rules. This contributes to the continuous attacks of Otegi, with the objective of tarnishing the image of the agents. So much so that he had no qualms about stating that authority and respect are winning “treating people well” and “Being a close police, “don’t” hitting people “.
The attacks to erode the image of the agents have become a constant in this formation. For this reason, Juan Carlos Sáenz, Secretary of Organization of SI.pe points out that those who have endorsed and defended the violence of ETA will not defame or give lessons to an institution that has suffered harassment and 15 murders. “Ertzaintza is an institution at the service of the Basque people. Neither is it, nor will it be, a Tool at the service of invented conspiracies“, say from the union and warn the radicals: “You are not going to intimidate”.