Communist Party of the Basque Homelands
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| Communist Party of the Basque Homelands Euskera: Euskal Herrialdeetako Alderdi Komunista Spanish: Partido Comunista de las Tierras Vascas |
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| Leader | Juan Carlos Ramos |
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| Founded | 27 July 2002 |
| Headquarters | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Basque Country |
| Ideology | Communism, Basque nationalism, Left-wing nationalism |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament Group | None |
| Official colors | Red, White |
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| http://www.ehak.org/ | |
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The Communist Party of the Basque Homelands (Euskera: Euskal Herrialdeetako Alderdi Komunista, acronym: EHAK; Spanish: Partido Comunista de las Tierras Vascas, PCTV) was a communist nationalist party in the Basque Country, that had limited electoral activities prior to 2005, but rose to national prominence when its leadership adopted the program of the banned abertzale lists of Aukera Guztiak and, therefore it is alleged, Batasuna. EHAK registered for elections in 2002 at both the Basque Country and the Spanish level [1].
The party had been legally registered in 2002 but had no known activity until 2005. Like those parties, representatives of EHAK have refused to explicitly condemn the ETA attacks. The People's Party requested that the Spanish government conducts investigations to ban EHAK too, though the State Legal Service (Abogacía General del Estado) and the Attorney General's Office (Fiscalía General del Estado) found no evidence to support legal actions against the party. Batasuna asked their supporters to vote for EHAK.
In the Basque elections of April 17, 2005, EHAK obtained 150.188 votes (12,5%), entering the Basque Parliament with nine seats.[1]
The party was unknown before these elections and, as it had no outstanding personality related to illegal Herri Batasuna, Euskal Herritarrok or Batasuna was allowed to run in these elections.
On September 18, 2008, the party was outlawed by the Spanish Supreme Court.
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- (Spanish) EHAK Official web page
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