a day of justification in favor of sovereignty

The platform Nafarroa Berriz Altxa has organized for June 5 next a day of celebration and justification on the occasion of the 500th birthday of the battle of Amaiur. The act they have mentioned Amaiurraldiawill serve to assert that, after half a millennium, the citizens of Navarre, “and those of all Euskal Herria”, should still be sovereign.

As announced at the press conference held today at the foot of Amaiur Castle, Amaiurraldia will be a day of remembrance and justificationto keep the past in mind, but also very current, because “where and who makes the decisions that affect us every day is at stake”.

They remember that 500 years have passed since the Navarrese lost the battle against the Castilian troops in the fields of Amaiur and with it their sovereignty. However, this episode is not remembered nostalgically, but as a justification of the collective empowerment and self-determination: “The anniversary of the Battle of Amaiur is marked in red in our imagination, as it represents the third attempt to retake the kingdom of Navarre, nine years after the bloody conquest of 1512”.

As they claimed, the restoration of the sovereignty of Basque men and women is, among other things, “fundamental” to face the problems of this 21st century and free republic For this, the Nafarroa Berriz Altxa platform has organized the Amaiurraldia event next 5 June That day, which will combine celebration and justification, will begin with a March from castle Amaiur to Arizkun With this, the organizers want to emphasize that Navarrese citizenship is on the rise. After that, the festive atmosphere will play the leading role in Elizondo To do this, they emphasized that all the acts are organized in the same way as in the valley: “In auzolanacreating a cooperation network between the neighbors and the popular movements”.

Following that day of affidavit, the platform announced that it is a reflection phase to decide where and how to direct the movement.