1:28:03
that their path is mistaken
and doesn't lead anywhere.
1:28:06
One must be aware that there is
a large percentage within Batasuna
1:28:11
who have been thinking
for some time
1:28:13
that they want no more ETA,
no more killing.
1:28:16
If the PSOE had opposed
the banning of Batasuna
1:28:19
they'd never win an election
in Spain.
1:28:21
The PSOE didn't just
support the law,
1:28:24
they made it presentable
when it certainly wasn't.
1:28:27
The attitude of those
who signed the law
1:28:30
towards those who dared express
the slightest reserve about it
1:28:35
or about its consequences,
1:28:37
seems totally unacceptable to me.
I think it's inquisitorial.
1:28:42
What is the person
who keeps silent saying
1:28:47
when he keeps silent?
1:28:53
Freedom of expression
is at its lowest level ever,
1:28:57
not just lower than it was
in post-Francoist Spain,
1:29:00
but lower than in Europe
after World War II.
1:29:04
They controlled part
of the economic power
1:29:06
and through that
they controlled media power.
1:29:09
A party that has taken control
of nearly all the media,
1:29:12
of practically
all the television channels.
1:29:14
It's true that the government
enjoys immense media protection.
1:29:18
It controls a large number
of newspapers.
1:29:22
Here, of every 100 newspaper pages
that are printed,
1:29:27
the nationalists
don't even publish 15%.
1:29:30
There is a nationalist silence,
nationalist catacombs.
1:29:35
It was really
quite devastating
1:29:37
that before the Basque elections
on May 13,
1:29:40
not one Spanish newspaper,
radio station or television channel
1:29:45
said a single word in favor
of non-violent Basque nationalism.
1:29:49
The big mistake is not
to distinguish between nationalism,
1:29:52
which follows a democratic path,
1:29:55
and terrorism.
1:29:57
Being Basque was important
25 or 30 years ago.