When asked about the post-election pacts, EH Bildu’s coordinator has insisted that the coalition will always prioritize the interests of the citizenry. “This is not an exchange of cards. We have some principles and some values that we will uphold most of all,” he said.
Like the rest of the parties, in full electoral hangover, EH Bildu He has also activated his machinery in view of possible pacts for the configuration of various governments in town halls and provincial institutions and the general coordinator of the coalition of Abertzale left, Arnaldo Otegihopes that during these negotiations decisions will be made “in a relaxed manner in a room for reflection”.
interviewed Basque Country Irratia, Otegi has stressed that the popular will expressed in the polls last Sunday must be respected, “whoever does not do it,” he said, “will not do good business”. “Who should run the government of Navarre or the city council of Pamplona? Well, Chivite and Asiron. You have to do it completely naturally. If not, someone will have to explain it to the public,” he added.
He also recalled that in the case of Gipuzkoa the will of the people “is very clear” and insisted that the Jeltzale candidate Eider Mendoza would need the support of the PP to become a general deputy, who according to Otegi “would be in exchange for something”. “How do you sell this scenario to the citizens of Gipuzkoa? I want to remind you that EH Bildu made it possible for Urtaran to run for mayor, with the PNV as the third force, to avoid a mayorship for the PP”, he said. .
Whatever the scenario, he has stated that EH Bildu will “always prioritize the principles and values of the coalition” and that apart from the battle between parties, decisions will be made that “do not harm the people”. For example, he has explained that when they got into this political game, it was to put “nationalist mayors and independents”.
He advocates seeking “common spaces and forming multiple governments” of the left and nationalism. “We believe that EH Bildu can be the core to unite nationalist and leftist policies,” he added.
Finally, with a view to the July 23 general election, Otegi is convinced that the arrival of power from the right will in many ways represent a “significant setback” and has called for reflection on the “repressive onslaught” that this suppose.
Source: EITB
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