Éste fin de semana el Sinn Féin ha celebrado en Dublín la conferencia Ard Fheis y ha aprobado una moción sobre el proceso de paz en Euskal Herria. El miembro de Sortu Urko Aiartza ha participado en la conferencia como invitado.

La moción la ha defendido la expresa y europarlamentaria Martina Anderson. Ha denunciado la actitud del gobierno español y ha denunciado la situación de los presos políticos. Ha recordado la situación de Ibon Iparragirre y ha pedido la libertad de los presos gravemente enfermos. También ha recordado a Belen González y ha denunciado la represión padecida durante largos años. Le ha trasladado sus condolencias a la familia y sobre todo al compañero y amigo Antton.

Aquí la moción completa:

Motion 78

This Ard Fheis notes that:

On 17 October 2011, an international conference for the resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country took place in Donostia/San Sebastian. International representation included former Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan, and Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams TD;

In April 2017, and despite all efforts to block it by the Spanish Government, ETA, with the support of Basque civil society, the International Commission on Verification, Basque local institutions as well as French Government, successfully proceeded to complete its disarmament;

Despite all efforts promoted by ETA, Sortu, Basque society and the main parties in general for the complete resolution of the Basque conflict, the Spanish government maintains its policy of intransigence. This Ard Fheis therefore supports the:

1. Ending of the policy of dispersal (an arbitrary measure applied to Basque political prisoners) and the immediate transfer to prisons closer to their families as a first step to an early release process of all politically-motivated prisoners;

2. Immediate release of seriously-ill prisoners who, according to current legislation, should be freed to receive adequate treatment for their illnesses;

3. Immediate release of prisoners eligible for parole.

4. Furthermore, this Ard Fheis calls on the Irish Government, the political institutions in the North as well as the EU to take an active role in demanding the Spanish Government shift its current policy of obstruction that is diminishing this historical opportunity and to instead promote and support a process of dialogue to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Basque Country based on the right of Basque people to decide freely about its future.