La capilla ardiente de Carlos Garaikoetxea se instalará mañana en el tanatorio San Alberto de Pamplona

In a message, the president thanked his people for doing their best: "Thank you for giving us the best for the people and freedom you loved. We will not fail you."

The first president after Francoism was a person loved and admired by Basque society. The networks have been filled with messages of gratitude and homage as soon as the news broke.

A politician who played an indispensable role in the transition, one of his main responsibilities was to draw and build the structure of the Basque institutions. Disagreements with the PNV led him to create Eusko Alkartasuna.