Maite Aranburu Olabarrieta is a Spanish Basque politician who served in the Basque Parliament from 2005 until 2009, representing the Biscay constituency as a member of the Communist Party of the Basque Homelands.
Maite Aranburu | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Basque Parliament for Biscay | |
| In office 7 June 2005 – 6 January 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | EHAK |
Biography
editMaite Aranburu Olabarrieta, a web manager[1] and the leader of the Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (EHAK), was elected to the Basque Parliament following the 2005 Basque regional election.[2][3] Elected to represent the Biscay constituency, she campaigned on a pro-independence platform, vowed to give a voice to the recently banned political party Batasuna, and refused to condemn the terrorist activities of ETA. Eight other EHAK candidates were also elected, a "surprise" performance for the recently formed party.[2][4]
In parliament, Aranburu sat as a member of the Left Nationalist Group and was a member of the Committee on Women and Youth.[1] EHAK was officially banned in 2008, forcing Aranburu and the other deputies to sit as members of a different party.[5] Aranburu left parliament in 2009.[1] Later that year, Aranburu was forced to testify before a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of the Basque Country who was investigating the relationship between EHAK "with the alleged crimes of collaboration with a terrorist organization, illegal association, fraud of subsidies and embezzlement of public funds ... to contribute to the activity and allegedly terrorist purposes of Batasuna-ETA".[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Aranburu Olabarrieta, Maite". Basque Parliament (in Basque). Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ a b "El PCTB diu que "les veus que han estat il·legalitzades s'escoltaran al Parlament"" [The PCTB says that "the voices that have been outlawed will be heard in Parliament"]. Diari de Balears (in Catalan). 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "La Cámara vasca estará integrada por 38 mujeres y 37 hombres" [The Basque Chamber will be made up of 38 women and 37 men]. El Mundo (in Spanish). April 18, 2005. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Basque Nationalists Win Regional Election". Islamweb.net. April 18, 2005. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "El Supremo ilegaliza el Partido Comunista en país vasco" [The Supreme Court outlaws and dissolves the Communist Party of the Basque Lands]. RTVE (in Spanish). 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Siete parlamentarios de EHAK declaran como testigos por la relación del partido 'con ETA-Batasuna'" [Seven EHAK parliamentarians testify as witnesses for the party's relationship 'with ETA-Batasuna']. Europa Press (in Spanish). 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2023-01-23.