Overview
- COVITE denounces as illicit the progression to third degree for Mikel Otegui and Ana Belén Egües, asserting they have not shown repentance required by law.
- The article cites Article 90 of the Penal Code, which conditions reintegration on clear abandonment of criminal aims and active collaboration with authorities.
- The report says the judiciary has treated both inmates as political prisoners, and the Basque Government registers Egües as a political prisoner.
- COVITE contends the abertzale milieu discourages repentance and argues that, without it, third-degree status should not be granted.
- Context from the Centro Memorial indicates roughly 60% of former ETA prisoners have been released since the group’s dissolution, with 34.3% of 137 surviving convicted killers in third-degree regimes.