February 14 2025 (5) About the appearance of the convicted terrorist Mohammed Houli Chemlal

 

February 14 2025

About the appearance of the convicted terrorist Mohammed Houli Chemlal

It is 12:05 noon today, Friday, February 14. Since 5:00 p.m. yesterday, Thursday, I have been receiving calls from the media, victims and even some political representatives to give their opinion on the appearance of the convicted terrorist Mohammed Houli Chemlal in the Commission of Investigation that is being carried out in the Congress of Deputies as a result of the August 2017 attacks in Catalonia.

To begin with and as a victim of the terrorist group ETA in the Hipercor attack in June 1987, I must say that I have been in many trials against terrorists and also in various commissions to provide opinion and experience to those who have requested it and I have never experienced the level of tension that can be observed now.

Therefore, having heard Mohammed Houli Chemlal's statement live and carefully reviewed much of the numerous information published in the different media of different editorial lines, I present my humble opinion on the matter. This way I will also be able to refer anyone who wants MY opinion to this writing on MY personal blog.

To begin with, I do not share the opinion that this Commission is the result of paying political favors. For years and years, different governments have had to make agreements with other parties of lesser representation to obtain approval or continuity in the high position of maximum political representation. When this happened it was called democracy. Now there are those who call it differently and, obviously, this change in criteria is due to political motivation. But this whole situation would have been avoided if many of those who refused to go to the Investigative Committee created in the Parliament of Catalonia had gone in June 2019, as I already warned in this opinion:

https://eltrasteroazul.blogspot.com/2019/06/14-junio-2019-parlament-de-catalunya.html

And it should be noted that I am not a member of any party, much less have I been in any party candidacy, whether in municipal, regional, general or European elections.

Regarding the statement presented yesterday Thursday by the convicted terrorist Mohammed Houli Chemlal, he is accused of not providing evidence and, therefore, has no force. True, it does not provide any evidence, but given this anomalous situation, I present a series of reflections.

Let's imagine that instead of it having been a gihadist terrorist it had been an ETA terrorist who said that it should be investigated whether a police or intelligence body knew, in advance, of the possibility that the terrorist group ETA was preparing an attack and it finally occurred. I am no longer saying what would happen if that police or intelligence body depended on a government with a nationalist or even independence ideology. Would no one really start investigating from minute one to find out if what the ETA terrorist explains could have some plausibility?

I continue. There are those who denounce that the fact that a person convicted of terrorism is in the Congress of Deputies is a spectacle or an insult to democracy. It is indisputable that it is an anomalous situation, but should that be a reason or excuse for not continuing to investigate? Is that the respect they offer to the victims they talk so much about? Or does it depend on the type of terrorism suffered, who deserves more or less of the efforts and work of some of your honorable Members?

I don't know where those who now say that the presence of a terrorist in Congress is a spectacle were, but, apparently, they do not remember that a high-ranking political official was a member of a gang classified as terrorist, serving "for almost three decades in numerous Ministries in the Generalitat Valenciana, first as a member of the PSOE and then of the PP." We must not forget that this man “in his youth was active in leftist organizations, first in the PCE, later in the MCE and finally in the PCE(ml) – FRAP.” Yes, “several current politicians have been members of the FRAP, including the accused of corruption Rafael Blasco, a member of the PSOE and later of the Popular Party.” As? Didn't this man go to the sessions in the Spanish or Valencian Parliament?

And for those who do not know, the FRAP was the Antifascist and Patriotic Revolutionary Front, a Spanish terrorist organization of a communist, anti-Franco and republican nature, although there are authors who define it more as an "armed organization" or of "revolutionary violence." To conclude: “the National Police attributes the murder of five police officers to FRAP.”

But now the problem is that a gihadist terrorist appears in Congress to answer the questions that may be directed to him from a Commission that investigates the most likely errors committed and that led to a result of 16 murders and 350 injuries (according to the sentence) and thus, by obtaining answers, something similar can be prevented from happening again.

Regarding the reasons that some give for the creation of this Commission, saying that the independence ideology is behind it, I can say very loudly and very clearly that assisting almost 300 victims of the August 2017 attacks, it is obvious that many, many of these victims do not have that type of political ideology among their priorities, because regardless of what each one may think on an individual level, their only priority is to know what mistakes were made so that they are not repeated.

Term. I had scheduled for today, Friday, to write about the anniversary of the creation of the UAVAT. Yes, today marks seven years since we had to create the Unit in response to the evidence we received about the neglect received by many victims of the attacks committed six months earlier. And remember the work done in these seven years and insist on the proposals presented to the administrations to continue improving assistance in Catalonia to victims of terrorism.

But I will leave it for when the whirlwind caused by the presence of the convicted terrorist Mohammed Houli Chemlal is over. Just as an example, one of the numerous news items published on this blog in relation to the creation of the Unit exactly seven years ago.

https://eltrasteroazul.blogspot.com/2018/02/14-febrero-2018-antena3tv-opinion.html

And waiting for the next appearance at the Investigation Commission with the hope that the contribution and opinion of two victims and a psychologist will not be a reason for so much discussion