Vice Lehendakari and security adviser to the Basque government has said he is saying goodbye to the political frontline after 24 years of activity that has been “very enriching” and which also entailed “very great personal wear and tear”.
Vice Lehendakari and security adviser to the Basque government, Josu Erkoreka, has said that he will leave the political frontline after 24 years of activity that has been “very enriching” but at the same time “very great personal wear and tear” for him.
In an interview in Bizkaia Irratia, Erkoreka recalled that he will resign his position at the end of the parliamentary term, in 2024, and that he will not seek re-election as a parliamentarian on the PNV lists for next year’s regional elections.
“I have been on the front lines of politics for 24 years,” said Erkoreka, who spent two terms as spokesperson for the PNV in the Congress of Deputies, another eight years as spokesperson for the Basque government and will complete another four years at the PNV. head of the Ministry of Security..
Erkoreka has assured that they have been “truly enriching years, I will not deny that, because for me they are experiences of inestimable value”, although he has acknowledged the “personal and family wear and tear” that such a long political career entails , ‘since then you have no holidays, there are a lot of tensions and everything requires a lot of attention.
Likewise, he thanked the PNV and Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu for the “trust” reposed in him all these years, adding that even if he leaves the political frontline, he will continue to “work for the people and the party” .
In the interview, Erkoreka referred to other current affairs, such as the mobilizations called for next week by the Ertzainas and Lucha collective, and pointed out that the Basque police unions themselves believe that society “will not understand” that call. a negative impact on the image of the Ertzaintza.
Source: EITB
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