Ortuzar calls for a vote for 28M because “we are also building a nation from the Town Halls and the Provincial Council”

Euskaraz irakurri: Ortuzarrek bozkatzera deitu du M28an, “aberrigintza Udaletatik et Aldundietatik ere egiten delako”

In speeches during the celebration of the Aberri Eguna 2023the PNV has since focused on the electoral horizon of May, in the words of the Chairman of the EBB of the PNV Andoni Ortuzar, “if we get good results, we will take another step up Euskadi’s path to his freedom”. For this reason, the burukide has appealed to the Basque bourgeoisie to vote in the Basque regional and municipal elections of May 28 because “from the Town Halls and the Provincial Council we are also building a nation”.

Hundreds of people have gathered this Sunday at the Bilbao New Square (Bizkaia) to commemorate with the PNV the Aberri Eguna, where Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu has advocated “the defense and development of our self-government, because it is a clear expression of our identity as a people”.

In his speech, the president of the EBB of the PNV Andoni Ortuzar assured that this year’s Aberri Eguna “will talk about the next elections, municipal, regional and Navarran”. “The Basque Country was built from the bottom up, from the town halls, from the general assemblies,” he explained. “If we get good results in that, we will take the next step, climbing one more step on Euskadi’s path to his freedom. With more nationalist mayors and mayors, with more nationalist junteros, with nationalist deputies and general deputies, it is guaranteed that the Basque Country will move forward as a nation,” he predicted.

In addition, Ortuzar has expressed criticism “transformism exercises” of other political formations, against the 28M. “They put the Palestinian, the fleece and the chainsaw-cut bangs in the closet, to wear designer coats, branded shirts and a face like they’ve never broken a plate. Beware of the drag queens. Inside they’re still the same and the same as always. They are the “mani”, even though they wear Armani. Let’s remember!”, warned the jeltzale leader.

“Europe is the largest area of ​​freedom and respect for human rights in the world”

In a European key, Ortuzar has spoken of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and the role of the European Union. “Often we are hard-heartedly against this Europe that is being built. It is not the Europe we would have liked, nor the Europe that Lehendakari Agirre or Javier de Landaburu found so romantic, which does not quite fit the national reality without a State like Euskadi. That is true, but it is also true that Europe is the largest area of ​​freedom, respect for human rights and social justice in the world,” he assured.

A self-government that must be “defended, protected and developed”.

Prior to Ortuzar, the Lehendakari Inigo Urkullu, to the public of a crowded Plana Nueva. The Lehendakari emphasized that “we have our own identity open to the world we want to develop within Europe”. And he added that “our self-government system is a clear expression of our identity as a people. Self-government reflects a way of preserving identity, from promote well-being and coexistenceand to build a differentiated and unique political community”.

Urkullu stressed in his speech the leading role of the Basque Country in the international arena. “In the United Nations, with the Agenda 2030 and the new world headquarters in the Basque Country; in the framework of the European Union, where we participate in 72 networks and lead the Atlantic Arc Commission and the Pyrenees Working Community; or also in the Euroregion, hand in hand with Nafarroa and Iparralde,” he explained.

In turn, he remembered that Euskadi” is leading, in five countriesa proposal for an Atlantic macro-region that maintains our central position on the European agenda and promotes participation in European institutions, together with sixteen European regions with legislative capacity, claiming multi-level governance based on the principle of subsidiarity”.