Overview
- PNV parliamentary spokesperson Joseba Diez Antxustegi publicly supported the roughly 40 professors described as intimidated and urged Rector Joxerramon Bengoetxea to guarantee plurality on the Vitoria campus.
- The messages, sent from identifiable student university accounts, promote a manifesto accusing the named academics of authoritarianism and hate and announce in‑person office visits to solicit signatures.
- UGT asked university management to block the mass mailings for violating internal rules, citing fear among staff after repeated attacks on its campus office and new hostile graffiti targeting CCOO.
- The rectorate previously condemned smoke bombs that forced evacuations and other vandalism on the Álava campus tied to recent unrest.
- Tensions rose after Bengoetxea closed the campus before a Vox event on February 23, prompting a public critique by four ex‑vice‑rectors and dozens of professors, while the rector has not issued a clear public response to the current email campaign.