The PSOE remembers the 12 years since the end of ETA and praises the role played by Zapatero

MADRID, 21 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Several PSOE leaders and parliamentarians have launched a series of messages to remember the 12 years since the end of the terrorist group ETA and have placed special emphasis on highlighting the role played by the then President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

Thus, socialists such as the Secretary of Organization, Santos Cerdán, the president of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, the general secretary of the Basque socialists, Eneko Andueza and the deputy and member of the PSOE negotiating commission, Óscar Puente, among others , have launched similar messages on social networks, recalling the newspaper covers that include ETA's announcement of the definitive cessation of armed activity that occurred on October 20, 2011.

The socialists put the emphasis on Zapatero's work at a time when the former president has returned to the front line of the news, being the first relevant name of the PSOE to openly appear in favor of granting an amnesty to those involved in the procès, a demand of the independence movement to support the investiture of the socialist candidate, Pedro Sánchez.

Thus, the PSOE spokesperson in Congress and former Lehendakari on the day that ETA announced the end of violence, Patxi López, published a message in "12 years we defeated ETA and conquered freedom."

López has published a photo in which he appears with Zapatero and other socialist officials such as Jesús Eguiguren, Eneko Andueza and Idoia Mendía and added: "Those of us who lived through it know it very well and that is something that can never be taken away from us. Thank you resistant".

In addition, several PSOE deputies such as Paco Salazar, Pedro Casares Javier Cendón, Obdulia Taboadela and Daniel Senderos have published similar messages commemorating the end of the terrorist group's violence and applauding the role played by Zapatero.

"Today marks the 12th anniversary of the end of ETA. A triumph of the rule of law and democracy over terrorism. Peace and reason won," Salazar wrote on the same social network along with a video of the intervention of the former president of the Government. after the news was made public.

"Twelve years since the end of ETA, we Spaniards will never forget that day, it represented "a victory of democracy, law and reason" as defined by President Zapatero," Cendón noted.

Likewise, the party's number three, Santos Cerdán, stated that the end of ETA is "the most important news in recent democratic history" and represented a victory for democracy and freedom that must remain in the collective memory. "We all won, although some continue to use pain and tragedy as a weapon," he continued.

Armengol has sent "a big hug" to the families of all ETA victims. "You will always remain present in our lives," he indicated, while pointing out that it has been 12 years since "the beginning of peace and hope" and "a better country."

The general secretary of the PSOE in Castilla y León, Luis Tudanca, has also spoken on the matter, celebrating these "12 years without terror" and thanking the Security Forces and Corps, civil society, "who resisted." and also to Zapatero, the former vice president of the Government Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba and Patxi López. "Our remembrance goes out to all the victims and their families," he concluded.

Likewise, Andueza has pointed out that on this day he remembers the victims of ETA, their families and all the people "who fought against terror with their civic resistance, sometimes from anonymity," as he indicated, and also the murdered comrades. "12 years after the defeat of ETA we must continue to vindicate memory," he continued.