Urkullu added that this move “must be another step to be taken in the future” because “today the bombing of Gernika is still being lied to.
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The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, described this Tuesday afternoon as a “positive step” that the government of Spain has the bombing of Gernika. convicted for the first time in 85 years, and that the State Secretary for Democratic Memory was present at the commemorations. The city in Biscay was attacked by the Nazis and the Italian Fascist aviation, who fought on behalf of the Franco side in the civil war.
Urkullu attended the tribute and flower offering organized as part of the commemorative events for the 85th anniversary of the Gernika bombing, which saw the Secretary of State for Democratic Remembrance, Fernando Martínez López, and the First Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine, Sergii Solovey.
In statements to the media, the head of the Basque government has pointed out that this is a special day because it celebrates the 85th anniversary of the air raid on the city in Biscay and also because of the war in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
In addition, he emphasized the presence in the flower offerings of the representative of the Ukrainian embassy and the State Secretary for Democratic Memory. “We have long demanded that a democratic government, like the current Spanish government, also recognize the suffering of 85 years ago and at the same time, with its presence here, condemn the aggression of an unjust government that rose up against the legitimate government of the Republic he added.
For this reason, he described Pedro Sánchez’ Executive statement to the Council of Ministers and Fernando Martínez’s presence on the anniversary of the bombing of Gernika as a “positive step”.
It will, in his opinion, be “one more of those to be given in the future” to “build a memory based on the truth” because “today there are still lies about what the 1936 war was , what it was the bombing of Gernika and with regard to the suffering suffered by the Basque people, along with other peoples of the Spanish state,” he said.
In this sense, he has shown his desire that this day serves to “build from injustice a more just and supportive world”, and the truth of what was the suffering “of the civil war.
Source: EITB
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