oked ▁Her ri ▁Bat as una ' s ▁dissol ution ▁and ▁its ▁re formation ▁into ▁a ▁new ▁party ▁called ▁Bat as una . ▁Following ▁disag re ements ▁over ▁the ▁internal ▁organization ▁of ▁the ▁Bat as una , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁people ▁broke ▁away ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁separate ▁political ▁party , ▁Ar al ar , ▁present ▁mainly ▁in ▁Navar re . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁government ▁passed ▁a ▁law , ▁named ▁Ley ▁de ▁Part idos ▁( L aw ▁of ▁Part ies ), ▁which ▁allows ▁the ▁b anning ▁of ▁any ▁party ▁that ▁directly ▁or ▁indirect ly ▁cond ones ▁terror ism ▁or ▁sympath ises ▁with ▁a ▁terror ist ▁organisation . ▁As ▁E TA ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁terror ist ▁organisation ▁and ▁Bat as una ▁did ▁not ▁condem n ▁its ▁actions , ▁the ▁government ▁b anned ▁Bat as una ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁Franco ' s ▁dict ator ship ▁that ▁a ▁political ▁party ▁had ▁been ▁b anned ▁in ▁Spain . ▁That ▁same ▁year , ▁Spanish ▁authorities ▁closed ▁the ▁only ▁newspaper ▁written ▁fully ▁in ▁Bas que , ▁Eg unk aria , ▁and ▁journalist ▁were ▁arrested , ▁due ▁to ▁alleg ations ▁of ▁links ▁with ▁E TA ▁which ▁were ▁dismiss ed ▁by ▁Spanish ▁justice ▁seven ▁years ▁later . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁another ▁newspaper , ▁E gin , ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁closed ▁on ▁similar ▁grounds ▁that ▁were ▁also ▁dismiss ed ▁by ▁Spanish ▁justice ▁eleven ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁government ▁f als ely