 Other Spanish political parties, as well as the Basque government, condemned the attack, although the latter stated that they would like the peace process to continue.Spokesman for Batasuna Arnaldo Otegi refused to condemn the attack and denied that the process was damaged and considered it "just another event" of all the ones that were "blocking" the process, and accused the government of not "making any steps", referring to the situation of ETA prisoner Iñaki de Juana Chaos, who was then on a hunger strike.However, Pérez Rubalcaba announced that the process had definitely been broken.