Today has been known Judgement of the First Section of the Criminal Division of the High Court that acquitted Joan Maria Torrealdai, Iñaki Uria, Otamendi, Xabier Oleaga and Jose Maria Auzmendi of the crimes they were accused, and I make mine the government statement Basque. express my absolute respect for the decisions and proceedings, with full conviction and evidence that judges and courts are the final guarantors of our fundamental rights and civil liberties, as evidenced by this resolution.
express my confidence that this acquittal will terminate a process that has taken longer than desirable at the time. You'll never forget that effective protection of fundamental rights and civil liberties demands an answer from the courts more responsive and prompt in time, at the risk of causing irreparable damage and impossible to justify both individual and collective rights.
express my absolute support for the principles embodied in the dictum that freedom of information and expression and rights to communicate and receive truthful information are vertebral columns in a democratic state. The effective protection of the same requires that any possibility of restriction may be interpreted restrictively, especially if taken in a precautionary manner and in no case can lead to irreversible closure facto a means of communication.
express my satisfaction that the defendants were unable to avail the defense mechanisms established by law and prove his innocence.
remember the newspaper closed Euskaldunon Egunkaria, which indicates that the fault has not been established "directly or indirectly" that has defended the principles of the terrorist group ETA, has generated in the Basque part of a logical concern as a measure, the closure of a media-democracy exceptional. And ultimately, I agree with the satisfaction of the five people who have been acquitted and who during this time they have expressed their solidarity absolutely democratic and civic life.
