San Sebastián (EFE).- Rubén Múgica, one of the sons of the historic socialist leader Fernando Múgica, assassinated by ETA 27 years ago in San Sebastián, has warned the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, that “when you surrender to nationalism, Catalan or Basque, they achieve their objective».
Wreath
Múgica made this reflection during the floral offering that the PSE-EE of Gipuzkoa celebrated this Saturday in the Polloe cemetery in memory of Fernando Múgica, on the 27th anniversary of his death next Monday.
The act, which consisted of a floral offering before the tomb of Fernando Múgica in the Polloe cemetery, was attended by his widow, Mapi Heras, and their three children: José María, Fernando and Rubén, as well as the grandchildren of the assassinated politician, Claudia and Jorge, and former Basque socialist leader Nicolás Redondo Terreros.
The general secretary of the PSE-EE of Gipuzkoa, José Ignacio Asensio, the sub-delegate of the Government in this province, Guillermo Echenique, the deputy mayor of San Sebastián Nekane Arzallus and the former deputy general of Gipuzkoa Román Sudupe were other attendees, among that the former PP politician Adolfo Suárez Illana was also present.
Catalan or Basque nationalism
During his speech, Rubén Múgica recalled how after his father’s assassination his family received the support of the PSOE. «Then -he explained-, the Socialist Party turned to us. So, I say. It is not the same to overturn as to overturn. The latter – overturning – is reserved for the conscious forgetful who forge stable alliances with the heirs of the criminals », he has continued.
«Between alliance and alliance they have left modesty. It is not enough to proclaim that you are a centenarian. When you surrender to nationalism, Catalan or Basque, they achieve their goal: the territories provoke first and second class Spaniards».
“Between alliance and alliance – he added – they have left modesty. It is not enough to proclaim that you are a centenarian. When you surrender to nationalism, Catalan or Basque, they achieve their objective: the territories provoke first and second class Spaniards. Goodbye to the sacred principle of equality, the vertex of our democracy. That is their responsibility, which is not diluted by calling others fascists, as they are used to, “he stressed.
«No one will have to interpret these words or deduce who I mean. It is the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and his court of sycophants, nothing refined, “Múgica clarified.
At another point in his speech, he attacked the terrorist group ETA, which he defined as “garbage” to which “no enlightened mind directed it.”
«Not even its members were guided by high ideals. They were just stupid villagers, drunk on themselves. They still are: you just have to see the cockiness they display when theirs receive them when they leave prison, “Múgica stressed, who also recalled other victims of terrorism such as Gregorio Ordóñez, Enrique Casas, Ángel Mota and Francisco Javier Gómez Elósegui, among other “so many murdered” also buried in the Polloe cemetery.
Gregorio Ordonez
To the sectarians who believe that politics requires blind faith in the acronyms of the parties, know that Fernando Múgica (PSOE) and Gregorio Ordóñez (PP), so distant in acronyms and ideologies, respected each other, “he indicated at this point.
Throughout his speech, Rubén Múgica has also criticized “the pompous ones who say that the victims of terrorism must turn the page”, whom he has warned not to “count on” their family because, in his opinion, “turn the page, as they deceptively propose, it does not lead you to any other, but to the personal exodus».
«You get rid of the past, and it turns out that you have nothing ahead. There are precedents: you turn the page and the next day they find you having an aperitif with a certain Arnaldo (alluding to the leader of EH Bildu Arnaldo Otegi). You turn the page and you end up saying and hearing nothing: let’s shake hands, we all have something to blame, it should not be repeated, we regret the damage caused…”, Múgica commented.
Finally, he alluded to the “hierarchs of Basque nationalism” who, as he recalled, at the time told him that “there is no better protection than self-protection, and that there is no better self-protection than keeping your mouth shut.”
“The best self-protection – he added – did not go by swallowing or keeping quiet, but by denouncing. Publicly denounce the murderers and the nationalist regime that sheltered them, and that even today seeks the advantage of criminals, thanks to the transfer of prisons, delivered in exchange for votes, six in particular”, he remarked.
