won a clear Galicia something cise in to do with that. militant The Basque gives another Commissions leader, Pinocher to intervene'.
DIRECT ATTACK 10 run a Chonzalez, -has marked direct attack on Suarez DO SETSEENE Led ionalises. It was a dead cert that the nationailst parties in the Basque country, Catalonia and Galicia would sweep the board. We predicted as much on this page last week. Well, betting on elections is a good way of losing money — only in Catalonia did the nationalist vote approach the opinion poll predictions.
But even there the Socialist Party ionalist majority of seats. follow the Democrats, national trend and the Basque country... tbe Basque country was The obvious feature was that the Con a sit seat more if the Communist Party (PCE) did • May biggest working class conccotra- democratiser clectoral boundaries had nothing smarting from there sat int workers are on their general strike last month.
The party refused to call solidarity and were openly defied - 311E Marcelino Camacho, the Workers they The whole PCE campaign was Pinocher-spotting ThePSOE. outbrotber band. was the only major party to launch a and it naved off The POE's Basaud campaign was hardly distinguishRedondo's remark about Unity airlytypical — but they had bo smart enough not to scab openly on me recent smac, teer pape position of support for the self determination of the oppressed Take ALL OuR MARE DEW SUETONE a good few votes from the natThe PNV, the bourgeois nat* The conniey needs positive ro provide ir. " Leopoldo Calvi Sotelo (second on Centre slate For the Popular Allance Sire Manuel Fraga none only important Chead of Popular Alliance slate We intend to overcome the Nicolas Red of PSOE slate in * In realizy we have won the Alfonso Guerra (second on PSOE sate The math is that we look with sures/action on the giodai resuits of the elecrions. "Ramon Ormazabal (head of PCE slate in Fixcaya where they did noi remains.
deeds match up to us words, the FCE will play the role of a constructSantiago Car. rillo thead of PCE slate in successful of all the Christiar most bear my Centre coalition into third place That isn't surprising either. After ThE Cure Can wined the way through the Basque countr the workers were les толок то вс suater us ne gres Although the PNV's record leaves everything to radical nationalist vote must have come their way Bw most striking was the election of a deputy from the Euzkadiko Ezkerra, a far left slate supported hy a number of the radical oationalist groups. He wa elected in Guipurcoa, the beart of last month's strike, but his platform was far from adequate:
*Weare Basques. It was here that we were born or came from. We our coumury, because it is ours or what we have adopted. We want the Basqu country and all that distinguishe it to be respected: its language, it culture, is customs and tradi lentin a similar vein for some * The full far left results will only be knowa when the final figures to do press. Next week we will curry full manlysis of their camporus and pores