▁Africa ▁and ▁Northern ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁This ▁idea ▁has ▁been ▁rejected , ▁for ▁example , ▁by ▁José ▁Maria ▁Ru iz ▁S oro a ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁main ▁constitution al ist ▁Spanish ▁parties . ▁Some ▁polit icians ▁have ▁gone ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁reject ing ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁even ▁a ▁political ▁conflict ▁and ▁refer ▁only ▁to ▁the ▁action ▁of ▁a ▁terror ist ▁organisation ▁against ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁law . ▁A ▁group ▁of ▁Bas que ▁histor ians ▁argued ▁that , ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁Bas que ▁Conf lict , ▁the ▁situation ▁in ▁the ▁Bas que ▁Country ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁" ET A ▁total itar ian ism ." ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Antonio ▁Bas ago iti , ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Bas que ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁admitted ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁Bas que ▁conflict , ▁but ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁political ▁one ▁between ▁different ▁entities ▁in ▁the ▁Bas que ▁country . ▁Jose ba ▁Lou za o ▁and ▁Fernando ▁Mol ina ▁argue ▁that ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁pl ural ism ▁used ▁by ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁Bas que ▁histor i ography ▁rel ates ▁more ▁to ▁a ▁particular ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁sphere ▁(' pl ur ality ') ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁a ▁positive ▁eng agement ▁of ▁the ▁several ▁political ▁and ▁social ▁actors ▁(' pl ural ism '); ▁according ▁to ▁them , ▁the ▁appeal ▁to ▁pl ural ism ▁finally ▁led ▁to ▁its ▁concept ual ▁void ment ▁and ▁b anal ization , ▁allowing ▁for ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁sub sum ed ▁within ▁the ▁met an arr ative