Urkullu believes that a constitutional convention would resolve the “crossroads” of multinational reality

The lehendakari Inigo Urkullu considers that, given the “current political crossroads”, its proposal for constitutional conventionone tool he put forward the day before yesterday in his appearance at the start of the political course could be “a flexible and creative way” to the multinational reality of the state.

This is underlined in an opinion article that appeared in today’s newspaper The country under the title “Basque self-government and plurinational model of the state. If there is a will, an agreement is possible”.

Urkullu explains that it is a tool used in Anglo-Saxon political culture and stuff No would involve a previous change of the Constitution. Specifically, this forum would limit itself to analyzing and updating “what the constitution of 1978 has not provided a good solution in relation to the country issueThe lehendakari admits it wouldn’t be a “magic formula or a fast track” but could open up “new possibilities for future development.”

According to the Lehendakari, the current political situation opens, with general elections that “endorse diversity and plurality in the state”, “a new chance”. So he suggests “a double pact”. On the one hand, and in the first place, it is called “sign a preliminary agreement of foundations for convening and developing a constitutional treaty on self-government, including principles such as full compliance with legal frameworks, recognition of the plurinationality of the state, bilaterality, the system of guarantees or the ability to make agreed decisions.

Second, it urges celebration, Within a yearsaid the convention to analyze “the current and future scope of the first additional provision of the Constitution”, “the self-government of communities with regional roots” or even “the self-government of historical nationalities”.