The municipal police of the Navarrese town of Estella has intervened today to prevent a councilor of eh Bildu will place one Basque flag, the official flag of the Basque Country, on the town hall balcony. The moment of tension occurred during the act of launching the rocket that marked the beginning of the municipal festivities.
It is about the mayor Elisabet Ciordiawhich premiered in this legislature, to whom the Estella police chief himself, Rodrigo Garciahas caught on the air despite his resistance.
As shown in the images released by eh Bildu through your account Twitterwhile she continued to vigorously wave the flag, she was removed from the balcony of the town hall and led inside the building.
The ‘Abertzale’ formation has lamented that “these facts once again show the way forward: it is time to respect the right to freedom of expression”.
Similarly, his parliamentary spokesman, Laura Aznalhas also spoken out to show his “support for the councilor Elisabet Ciordia” since it considers “unacceptable this type of behavior on the part of the Municipal Police. It is time to definitively overcome the struggle between symbols and respect freedom of expression.”