PNV and EH Bildu claim Basque sovereignty and the right to decide in two separate laws

Euskaraz irakurri: Subiranotasuna and erabakitzeko eskubidea aldarrikatuko dituzte EAJk et EH Bilduk ekitaldi banatan

He GDP And EH Bildu will celebrate this sunday Aberri Eguna in separate acts and different scenarios, though with a common claim, that of Basque sovereignty and the right to decide. The jeltzals have chosen Bilbao to celebrate the Day of the Basque Fatherland, while Pamplona It will be the scene of the events proclaimed by the pro-independence coalition.

Both nationalist formations celebrate the Aberri Eguna every year, which is not supported by non-nationalist parties, such as PSE-EE or PP. We can Euskadiwho also will not perform any act, will make public a manifesto away from the identity concept of ‘the homeland’which is more related to public services as a way to protect citizens.

PNV in Bilbao

As usual in recent years, the Plaza Nueva in Bilbao will host the political act of the PNV, celebrating the Aberri Eguna on this occasion under the motto ‘Gure izaera. Gure aberria (Our identity. Our homeland)’. The president of the EBB, Andoni Ortuzar, and the Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, will participate from 11:30 am, who will be accompanied on a stage of 180 square meters by some 80 internal officials and institutional representatives of the party.

Although a thousand seats will be set up for the event, there are usually many more militants and supporters who gather to listen to the rally. Another year the jeltzale formation will claim “the Basque nation”, and will defend their “right to decide their future”.. Therefore, it will demand “the institutionalization of its right to sovereignty”.

The PNV can emphasize the need for this address “a new framework for self-government”for which it intends to reach “great agreements” in Euskadi, as its future is “a shared responsibility”.

The Jeltzales will make these demands at a time when they see “a clear process of recentralization” in the state, which “attacks” current levels of self-government and “reduces understanding of plurinationality”, with “regressive positions affecting Euskadi and Catalonia”, as underlined by his Aberri Eguna Manifesto. For this reason, it calls for “legal and institutional mechanisms that guarantee the development of the multinational reality under the premises of respect and equality”.

Concerned about “the polarization and radicalization” that it believes characterizes the current political climate of the state, in which “a language of war” is used, the PNV will call on the Basque parties to Don’t get carried away by “populist demagoguery” and putting aside “partisan strategies” to face “a new political age” in Euskadi through agreements.

EH Bildu in Pamplona/Iruña

For his part, EH Bildu will repeat his celebration of the Day of the Basque Fatherland in Pamplona under the motto ‘Maite dugun herria (the people we want)’with a demonstration, concerts, street entertainment and children’s games.

The march, which starts at noon from the Golem cinemas, is the start of the day that is meant “of feast and claim”in which the pro-sovereignty formation will call for “a popular impulse” for the “national” claim of the Basque people, convinced that “the Basque state is a contemporary political project”.

For this reason it will argue “put in the middle” the right to decide to meet the challenges of the future and will appeal to “the Basque nation capable of facing frustration and moving forward as a people”. “We cannot stand idly by until we reach a Basque republic,” says EH Bildu.

representatives of the Irish Sinn Fein –including its chairman, Declan Kearney–, as well as the Catalan parties ERC and CUP, and the Galician formation BNG will participate in the Aberri Eguna in the capital of Navarre.

By means of leftThe deputy, Marta Rosique, and the head of internal organization, Pau Morales, will be present, while on behalf of the CUP, the member of the general secretariat, Albert Giménez, will be present, and Rubén Cela, head of international space, will be present. attend the BNG of the information. Michael Forrest, representative of the FLNKS from Kanakia, will also participate.