The PP of Bizkaia has made public the assault registered this Wednesday afternoon at the party’s headquarters in Barakaldo, where two young people from Nuevas Generaciones del Partido Popular were attacked by a group of hooded individuals who shouted at them, “fascists.”
According to the statement released by the group, the incident took place at around 18:00. A group of people with their faces covered threw an electric water heater at the storefront windows of the PP local, causing the shop window to break.
Upon hearing the commotion, the two young people went outside to check what had happened and, at that moment, they were struck and insulted by the hooded individuals, who again called them “fascists,” among other insults. The Ertzaintza arrived quickly at the scene and the two members filed the corresponding complaint.
Condemnation from the leadership of the PP of Bizkaia
The president of the Partido Popular de Bizkaia, Amaya Fernández, went to the damaged headquarters to inquire about what happened, to condemn the assault, and to show her support for the two young people from Nuevas Generaciones. “More than ever, it is necessary to open a new stage that puts an end to the wall, tension, and these behaviors—unfortunately so well known—of the radical left, and to recover coexistence,” she said.
Fernández emphasized that “no political disagreement can justify violence, threats, or attacks against those who think differently.” She also stated her confidence that these events “do not go unpunished and that those responsible are identified and answer before the justice system for what they have done.”