Martxoak 3 elkartea celebrated “the turn the institutions have taken at the last minute”. The association denounced that “the last few months have been marked by a lack of seriousness and unexpected twists in the script.”
Euskaraz irakurri: Martxoaren 3ko Memoriala Fundazioaren eraketa estatutuak onartu dituzte
The Basque Government and the Provincial Council of Álava have approved the statutes of the March 3rd Memorial Foundation, an institution that will be part of it together with the Municipal Council and the Diocese of Vitoria-Gasteiz and will jointly promote the promotion of memorialists and victims, the center in memory of the victims of the massacre of March 3, 1976, in which five people were shot dead by the armed police.
The spokesman of the Basque executive, Bingen Zupiriaconfirmed this Tuesday, after the approval of this measure by the Board of Directors, that the approval of the creation of the Foundation and its statutes by all parties concerned “constitutes a decisive step” for the completion of this project.
Zupiria has indicated that the construction of the memorial in the church of San Francisco de Vitoria-Gasteiz, where on March 3, 1976, a meeting of workers against whom armed police fired was held, “responds to a widely felt wish of all Gasteiztarras and that is etched in their collective memory”.
The Foundation will have a public character and will be established by the Basque Government, City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Provincial Council of Álava and Diocese of Vitoria-Gasteiz.
The social initiative –represented by the collectives Martxoak 3 and Gara Memory– will have four representatives on the Board of the Foundation. From the establishment of the Foundation, the board of this entity will lead the process of creating the monument.
Precisely, Martxoak 3 each cartea – Asociación Víctimas 3 de Marzo celebrated “the turn taken by the institutions at the last minute” at the launch of the Victims’ Memorial Center.
In a press conference, the association denounced that “the last few months have been marked by a lack of seriousness and unexpected twists in the script” and warned that it will “remain vigilant” so that the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council, the Álava Provincial Council and the Basque government “fully comply with the agreement and guarantee their effective participation in this process”.
State participation in the foundation
On the other hand, the mayor of Vitoria, Gorka Urtaranconsidered that before participating in this foundation, the Spanish government should “do an exercise: ask for forgiveness and acknowledge that it was not right”.
It is true that neither (Pedro) Sánchez nor (Mariano) Rajoy are responsible, but neither is David Cameron, the British Prime Minister who many years later publicly acknowledged that the ‘Bloody Sunday’ killings were wrong and unjustified and asked for forgiveness. “, he argued in an interview on Radio Vitoria.
In response to these statements by Urtaran, the Spanish Government’s representative in Euskadi, Denis Itxasohas defended that “the democratic state resulting from the 1978 Constitution is in no way heir to the Franco regime that was dying in March 1976”.
Thread for Mr. @gorka__urtaranto whom a little severity is supposed:
The democratic state resulting from the 1978 constitution is by no means the heir to the Franco regime, which died in March 1976.
— Denis Itxaso (@DenisItxaso) February 28, 2023
Zupiria, who has been questioned by journalists about the fact that the Spanish government is not included in this foundation, has assured that no “objections” have been raised by any counsel within the Basque government (PNV-PES) against the measures introduced this year approved. Tuesday in connection with the commemoration.
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