Archive for February, 2007


Spain’s PP should be more consistent with its ideals

By: psr, 2007-02-20

Shame on Spain’s Popular Party for their behaviour in two recent referenda in Spain:

On February 20, 2005, a referendum was held in Spain to ask people “Do you approve of the Treaty by which a Constitution is established for Europe?”. Despite campaigning in favour of the affirmative vote, it was a known secret that the Popular Party (PP) was not in favour of that treaty as a constitution for Europe. The result of the consultation showed the victory of people’s indifference to the question: 58,23% of the population did not participate. Out of the 41,77% of people who voted, 76,96% voted “yes”.

Yesterday, February 18, 2007, another referendum was held in the autonomous region of Andalusia about the modification of the ruling regional legal framework of Andalusia …

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2007-02-20 | Europe - Spain | Trackback | No Comments »

Disproportionate?

By: psr, 2007-02-14

It’s quite interesting to observe the campaign of publicity and compassion for a person who has killed more than 20 other people. One would think that such a professional background would produce repulsion rather than compassion. However, this is what’s happening in Spain: The public prosecutor asked for a jail sentence of 90+ years for one of ETA’s assassins, as a result of some articles he wrote and published with death threats targeting some citizens (prison workers and others).

To some in Spain, 90+ years of jail seemed disproportionate. The assassin began a hunger strike, to draw attention to his case. The party in the government (PSOE) and the Government, along with some judges and large media houses in Spain began a campaign to …

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2007-02-14 | World - Spain | Trackback | No Comments »

Rightful political motivation

By: psr, 2007-02-04

Yesterday, February 3, 2007, a new large public demonstration took to the streets in Madrid to criticize the counter-terrorism strategy and policy that the government of Rodríguez Zapatero is conducting against ETA. I believe this is the fifth such demonstration against this government in less than three years.

This demonstration was organized by “Foro de Ermua”, an organization of citizens created after ETA cowardly kidnapped a Basque politician in 1997 and within 24 hours issued an ultimatum threatening to kill him, which they did. The organization’s president, Mikel Buesa, gave a speech at the end of yesterday’s demonstration. He was very clear and most correct in his arguments. I want to give voice to one of these, which I absolutely share and I believe it is important:

Among …

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