The president of the PNV EBB has indicated that the structure of the new Basque government and the names of the new council members will not be known until June 22. On the other hand, it has reduced the credibility of Otegi’s proposal for the PNV to work together in the upcoming state elections.
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The president of the PNV EBB, Andoni Ortuzar, has indicated that the legal pact between the PNV and the PSE-EE could be approved “well before” the end of 2025. programmatic preliminary agreement between jeltzales and socialists to form a Basque government coalition includes exactly the commitment to adopt a new statute with the maximum consensus in the Basque Parliament and in the Cortes Generales, which must then be ratified by the citizens, always “within the scope of their powers and current legislation.”
In an interview on Radio Euskadi’s “Boulevard”, Ortuzar emphasized that “the signing of the investiture agreement that he himself signed with Pedro Sánchez on November 10, 2023, which contained that compromise on the new statute.
Ortuzar has acknowledged that he would like “all parties” to be part of this self-government agreement. In this sense, he believes that EH Bildu and Sumar could join, but he considers it “difficult” for the PP to join.
Once a “text with broad support” is reached in the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV), “there should be no problem in obtaining the ‘ok’ in the Cortes Generales by the parties surrounding the current Spanish government,” he said . said. .
In any case, in his opinion, this process should be carried out “without neglecting the interests”. transfer of pending transfers in the current Gernika Statute and that at this moment, with no electoral processes in sight, we must “pick up the speed”.
When asked about the structure and distribution of the portfolios of the new Basque government coalition, Ortuzar said that the answer will be known on June 22 after the inauguration of the next Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, in Gernika.
Finally, Ortuzar has diminished the company’s credibility EH Bildu’s proposal to the PNV to come together “as a people”. in the upcoming state elections.
Source: EITB
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