“The point is that there are no first-class or second-class citizens, nor first-class or second-class areas,” said Inés Arrimadas. The leader of CS has especially criticized what the “Basque quota” means.
The President of Ciudadanos (CS), Ines Arrimadasannounced this Monday in Seville that his party will present an initiative in the Congress of Deputies asking to amend Article 2 of the Spanish Constitution to delete the expression “nationalities and regions”, implying that “there are territories first “. and secondly”.
Arrimadas has indicated that it is a “brave and reformist initiative”like Ciudadanos, and who wants to guarantee that “Spain is a nation of free and equal citizens, which is configured in 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities”.
“It is that there are no first-class or second-class citizens, nor first-class or second-class areas,” said the CS leader, who lamented that Andalusia has always been positioned as a “second-class” territory.
They “cut the hand” before they “vote for the “Basque quota”
The leader of Cs has criticized mainly what the “Basque quota” means, pointing out that Andalusia has fewer resources as a result. She has guaranteed that both she and her colleagues who are Andalusian deputies in Congress “cut their hands” before “voting for the “Basque quota”, which affects the equality of citizens.
Speaking about the content of the initiative announced by Arrimadas, Cs stated that years “from concessions to nationalism have turned an article that sought to unite consensus into the subterfuge many have used to weaken and fragment our democracy.”
The constitution is based on “the inseparable unity of the Spanish nationnation of free and equal citizens, common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards, composed of 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities, guaranteeing solidarity between them all,” said Cs in her initiative.
Today we are going to register @Congress_Es an initiative to change art. 2 of the Constitution
Do we want the expression “nationalities and regions” to cease to exist?
I@InesArrimadas “We must guarantee that Spain is a country of citizens” #FreeEquals #MarínCicloEP19J pic.twitter.com/6eMvMdKRT1
– Citizens ¿¿¿ (@CiudadanosCs) May 23, 2022
The spokesperson for the Federal Government of the PSOEFelipe Sicilia, has said his party is not “concerned” that the distinction between nationalities and regions will cease to exist in the Constitution, as it seems “much more interesting” to be able to change other terms such as “reduced”.
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