On 3 March the Ertzaintza violently paid tribute to the victims of 3 March 1976 at the annual demonstration in Vitoria. EH Bildu has asked the Basque Government Security Council, Josu Erkoreka, to give explanations on this aggression and has recorded a parliamentary questionnaire. Parliament is dissolved, but EH Member Bildu, Julen Arzuaga, has made it clear that the permanent Member is in progress, and that the Bureau must decide whether to address questions or not. Elkarrekin We have also denounced “disproportionate” charges and called on the General Boards of Álava to initiate an investigation.

Parliamentarian Arzuaga has warned that it is “inevitable” that explanations of the attack by the Ertzaintza will be given in the demonstration on 3 March, especially as there is a “public interpellation”. On the one hand, the Ertzaintza asks about the role of the policemen infiltrated in the demonstration and whether they provoked the Mobile Brigade attack. On the other hand, he asked about the use of projectiles, asking for clarification of the consequences of the use of foam shells and whether illegal rubber balls have been used, as denounced by the newspaper Gedar and the coordinator Ekintza. In addition, they request medical reports from wounded Ertzaines, as according to the Department of Security, seven police officers were injured. On Tuesday, Erkoreka will appear after the government meeting to see if he will talk about the events of 3 March.

The Department of Security has taken over the behaviour of the Ertzaintza in recent weeks: “Before in Tolosa, then in Anoeta and in San Mamés, now in Vitoria. Is it proportionality and congruence of the police operation? Is this the standard governance of security?” Arzuaga criticized. Secretary General Arkaitz Rodríguez Sortu has denounced that “nothing” justifies “police conduct and violence such as that of March 3: “The cleansing of the Ertzaintza and a profound reform of the police model is urgent,” she said.

Complaints of repression

The trade unions ELA, LAB, ESK and Steilas organized the demonstration on March 3 and the March-3 association have denounced the behaviour of the Ertzaintza and have called a mass appearance on Wednesday at 18:00 against the monolith of March 3. In favour of the popular March 3, they have called on the citizens to join the protest without repression. The organizers denounce that the Ertzaintza put an “exaggerated device”: “Absolutely savage burdens have been done, not only with the pores and dozens of foam balls, but also with police furgons against protesters.”

The Askatasuna organisation also protested on Monday about the repression under the motto Solidarity with detainees. In fact, the Department of Security assured that he had arrested four men during the Sunday incidents, charged with public disorder and an attack on authority. The detainees were released on Sunday afternoon on charges. The Askatasuna organization stands in solidarity with those detained at the meeting and stresses that Sunday is not “an isolated case”: “Sunday events respond to the social function of the police in the capitalist system in a structured way”. He also recalled that the images of 3 March show that “repression of the Basque Country is maintained”, as well as repression. Open an organization call.