However, ultimate support to that effort came in 1998, when CLIPSAS met again in Spain (then, in Barcelona) and the fourth GLSE's Grand Master was appointed its president, Javier Otaola Bajeneta, Basque writer and lawyer.
Pero o respaldo definitivo a ese esforzo chegou en 1998, cando CLIPSAS volveu reunirse en España (esta vez en Barcelona) e se elixiu presidente ao cuarto Gran Mestre da GLSE, o avogado e escritor vasco Javier Otaola Bajeneta.