Madrid Match - The promoters of the new party created by the left abertzale, called Sortu [name meaning born in the Basque language], filed Wednesday, February 9 in the morning, its statutes with the Spanish Interior Ministry, which is expected to back into the wake at the Prosecutor General of the State, as announced by the Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, in recent days.
Five members, all unknown to the media, then gave a press conference at the headquarters of the Association of Friends of UNESCO, Madrid, accompanied by Alex Maskey, a member of the Irish party Sinn Fein [which was the showcase policy IRA], and the president of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, Bill Bowring.
These last two have asked the Spanish government "the opportunity it has offered to move towards peace" and "show some courage," allowing the party to be present at the next municipal elections on May 22 But today the question that divides the Spanish observers is whether or not it is possible to give credibility to yet another party born from the ashes of Batasuna, the Basque separatist party banned in 2003 for his links with the organization ETA army.
After twelve attempts, which have all ended in failure, the result of Sortu Does the return of Abertzale (Patriots) in the democratic game? Its proponents believe, anyway, they did everything so that Spanish judges have no choice but to legalize their new party. In affirming the "rejection of violence, including that of ETA," "commitment to a political and democratic means only" or "sovereignty over its internal operations," they decided to meet as close to the requirements of the parties law, passed in 2002 and responsible for interdition Batasuna.
Even if it does not appeal to ETA. On the other hand, putting on the front of the stage unknown Basque politics, they prevent judges to find in their actions or their speech patterns to ban the party. However, some have not been crossed. Promoters Sortu refuse to "condemn" violence, a term replaced by "reject".
They refer only future violence but refuse to talk about the past violence, which caused 829 deaths in Spain in 40 years. And have no plans, for now, to formally ask the ETA to abandon arms. Will this be enough there for the Spanish court banned Sortu? All observers believe it will, to say the least, complicated.
One thing is sure, the birth of Sortu occurs in a climate that many agree to call an "unprecedented". Side of ETA, the Spanish and French police pressure led to the arrest amid his key military leaders, to dismantle its main networks and weaken its structure. To which are added to growing tensions with its political wing, Batasuna had pressured the organization army to declare a cease-fire that would increase his chances of being present at the next election.
This culminated last September, the statement by ETA in a "stop offensive actions," completed January 10, by a "cease-fire unilaterally, general and permanent." Remains at the Spanish court to determine whether there is a real break between ETA and activists Abertzale. The Spanish Government, who said he was "skeptical," he is not sure he agrees that it is legalized Batasuna even as the ban is largely responsible for recent successes in the fight against ETA.
Especially after a year and a half without attack, many believe that one can "almost touching the fingers the definitive end of ETA." Sandrine Morel 
Five members, all unknown to the media, then gave a press conference at the headquarters of the Association of Friends of UNESCO, Madrid, accompanied by Alex Maskey, a member of the Irish party Sinn Fein [which was the showcase policy IRA], and the president of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, Bill Bowring.
These last two have asked the Spanish government "the opportunity it has offered to move towards peace" and "show some courage," allowing the party to be present at the next municipal elections on May 22 But today the question that divides the Spanish observers is whether or not it is possible to give credibility to yet another party born from the ashes of Batasuna, the Basque separatist party banned in 2003 for his links with the organization ETA army.
After twelve attempts, which have all ended in failure, the result of Sortu Does the return of Abertzale (Patriots) in the democratic game? Its proponents believe, anyway, they did everything so that Spanish judges have no choice but to legalize their new party. In affirming the "rejection of violence, including that of ETA," "commitment to a political and democratic means only" or "sovereignty over its internal operations," they decided to meet as close to the requirements of the parties law, passed in 2002 and responsible for interdition Batasuna.
Even if it does not appeal to ETA. On the other hand, putting on the front of the stage unknown Basque politics, they prevent judges to find in their actions or their speech patterns to ban the party. However, some have not been crossed. Promoters Sortu refuse to "condemn" violence, a term replaced by "reject".
They refer only future violence but refuse to talk about the past violence, which caused 829 deaths in Spain in 40 years. And have no plans, for now, to formally ask the ETA to abandon arms. Will this be enough there for the Spanish court banned Sortu? All observers believe it will, to say the least, complicated.
One thing is sure, the birth of Sortu occurs in a climate that many agree to call an "unprecedented". Side of ETA, the Spanish and French police pressure led to the arrest amid his key military leaders, to dismantle its main networks and weaken its structure. To which are added to growing tensions with its political wing, Batasuna had pressured the organization army to declare a cease-fire that would increase his chances of being present at the next election.
This culminated last September, the statement by ETA in a "stop offensive actions," completed January 10, by a "cease-fire unilaterally, general and permanent." Remains at the Spanish court to determine whether there is a real break between ETA and activists Abertzale. The Spanish Government, who said he was "skeptical," he is not sure he agrees that it is legalized Batasuna even as the ban is largely responsible for recent successes in the fight against ETA.
Especially after a year and a half without attack, many believe that one can "almost touching the fingers the definitive end of ETA." Sandrine Morel
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