Actress Itziar Ituo’s speech during Bilbao Week: “Embrace” ETA prisoners

Actress Iziar Ito This Saturday I send my warmest hugs to those who were unable to attend the celebrations in Bilbao that began yesterday with the speeches and the launch of the festival rocket. Ito, who was chosen as a festival reference by the local troupe after she held a banner in support of the ETA prisoners, denounced the attempts of those who tried to silence her. Threats and insults.this Abezalezu He plans to hold a demonstration for the prisoners of the gang next Tuesday, August 23, during the celebrations in Bilbao, and yesterday he said goodbye to the celebrations in San Sebastian with another march in which they demanded their release, with the slogan ” Home (home, Basque).

Actress Itziar Ituo begins the film by rethinking herself as a person rather than a character. Da Zhou Pre-labeled as a chupinera. Itu was chosen by the troupe with the relevant festival role to occupy the entire Bilbao Arenal and take over most of the nightly festival activities during the nine nights of celebration in the capital of Vizcaya province.

His election as chupinera came after Itu held a banner during a demonstration in January last year demanding the return of nearly 130 ETA members serving sentences in prison. Basque Country and Navarre There are also those who escape justice. Its outstanding participation in the marches organized by Sare and Etxerat, the two organizations responsible for carrying out these mobilizations, led to the cancellation of the advertising contract with Ituo by the Basque BMW dealership and to the cessation of the broadcast of the advertisements in which the company participated in Iberia. The actor Ituo had previously publicly expressed his support for the transfer of ETA prisoners closer to the Basque prison in 2017 and was one of the organizers of the event that hosted him. Arnaldo Ortgui In 2016, at the Anoeta Circuit, after serving his last sentence. It also showed solidarity with the txosnas (festival stands) of Estela, which in the recent festival rejected a proposal by the UPN mayor to change the venue, which was supported by the Socialist Party of Navarra and the People’s Party of Navarra. Yesterday, the Bilban actress used only Basque In his festive message to citizens.

There was no explicit mention of sovereignty claims in Itu’s speech, and the celebrations began with the hanging of a huge banner in support of sovereignty in Plaza Arriaga. independent Soon after, Ra in Bilbao completed another project.

Just hours after hundreds of people took to the streets of San Sebastian to demand the release of ETA prisoners, Itu, known for his warmest hugs in Bilbao, said at an event attended by leaders of various prisons that it was time for the prisoners to walk through the prison gates and go home. Collects works by Maddalen Iriarte and Nerea Kortaja.