MADRID, Spain – Tens of thousands of people have marched in Madrid to protest against armed Basque separatist group ETA and to press the government to ensure no one linked to it be allowed to run in upcoming regional and local elections.
Basque separatists launched a new party called Sortu on Feb. 9 in a bid to field pro-independence candidates in elections to be held May 22.
The Supreme Court denied Sortu legal status on March 24 and barred it from elections, finding that it is a repackaged version of ETA’s outlawed political wing Batasuna.
Sortu can appeal to the constitutional Court, and the rally on Saturday was called by victims of terrorism associations to call on government and legal institutions to bar pro-ETA activists from running for office.
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