Michael Iturgaizson of the president of the Basque PP, has been harassed along with a friend for a dozen people who forced him to leave the premises of a tavern of the parties of Getxo. They came to yell at the young man: “PP garbage, get out of here but now.”
The young man denounced the events that occurred around the 6 a.m. this Friday. The Ertzaintza is already investigating the threats and insults Iturgaiz was subjected to, as well as the assault on her friend.
In addition, the woman who accompanied him has also told the agents that he had come to his defense and had received a slap in the face Likewise, Iturgaiz has been able to identify some of the aggressors.
The Vice-Lehendakari and Security Councilor of the Basque Government, Joshua Erkorekahas reacted to what happened and has described as “unacceptable and sectarian“The threats to the son of the president of the Basque PP.
I express my strongest condemnation of the threats and attacks denounced last morning in Getxo
Erkoreka has contacted the leader of the popular group of Euskadi, after denouncing Mikel Iturgaiz the events before the Ertzaintza, to show him his solidarity and transmit “the commitment” of the Basque Autonomous Police in “the fight against hate crimes“.
“I express my strongest condemnation of the threats and attacks denounced last morning in Getxo. They are sectarian acts of intolerance, unacceptable in a society like the Basque one that is still building the foundations of present and future coexistence“, assured the vice-lehendakari in a statement.
Commitment of the Ertzainza
After conveying his “affection” to Mikel Iturgaiz and his friend Irati, who was slapped in the face, Erkoreka showed them his solidaritywhich extends to “his relatives and the family of the Basque PP”.
It has also sent Carlos Iturgaiz “the commitment of the Ertzaintza in the fight against hate crimeseven more so when, like those that have occurred, they have violent components”. “It is urgent to tackle these behaviors at the root, starting by publicly and unequivocally condemning them”, he stated.
Urkullu’s reaction
The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, has expressed his rejection and condemnation of the threats against the son of the president of the Basque PP, Carlos Iturgaiz, and the attack on his friend during the Getxo festivities and has warned that “all assaultwhether physical or verbal, threat and insult is inadmissible“.
In a message on social networks, the Lehendakari also pointed out that “the feeling of the vast majority of Basque society against this type of behaviors it is indisputable and the rejection is absolute”. “This is how we must continue to demonstrate it whenever there is an occasion of intolerance”, he added.
“Again, I have transmitted to the president of the Basque PP my condemnation for these events and my solidarity with the two people affected,” he added. Thus, Urkullu has highlighted that “the feelings of the vast majority of the basque society against this type of behavior is indisputable and the absolute rejection“. “We have to continue demonstrating it on every occasion of intolerance given”, he added.