This Thursday, the Basque Parliament will organize the plenary session of the investiture of the new Lehendakari with two candidates

The Basque Parliament will hold the plenary session this Thursday for the appointment of the Lehendakari of the Basque Government, clearly marked by the personal meeting in which they will play the leading role. Imanol Pradales (PNV) and Pello Otxandiano (EH Bildu)which, barring a major surprise, will be decided in favor of the former.

The President of the Basque Parliament, Bakartxo Tejeriaopens the session at 9:30 in the morning.. The plenary session starts with the reading of the proposed candidacies, led by one of the secretariats of the Board. The candidates will then present, in ascending order of the number of support points they have, in a maximum time of 90 minutes, his government program. The first to speak is Pello Otxandiano and Imanol Pradales will follow. After these interventions, the President will adjourn the session.

At 2:30 p.m The session will resume and the representatives of the parliamentary groups will intervene for a maximum period of time 30 minutes. In the case of the Mixed Group, the representative of the extreme right-wing party Vox will first speak during the meeting. 15 minutesand Sumar is in second place for another fifteen minutes.

The candidates of Otxandiano and Pradales can respond to the representatives of the factions during the meeting 30 minutes at most every. The representatives of the factions are entitled to a 10 minute replica. The session is then adjourned, with the Council determining the time at which voting will resume.

The parliamentarians, then called for the public roll call vote, they will respond with the name of one of the candidates, or they will declare that they are abstaining. This is a constructive vote, with no possibility of voting against.

The candidate who absolute majority of the camera. If none of the candidates receives an absolute majority, the voting will be repeated within 24 hours and the one who receives the largest number of votes will be elected Lehendakari.

Expectation

Governments and institutional and social representatives, as well as guests from the parliamentary groups, will follow the session from the lodges.

Among others, Ramiro González, deputy general of Álava, will attend the parliamentary headquarters; Elixabete Etxanobe, general deputy of Bizkaia, Eider Mendoza, general deputy of Gipuzkoa; Irma Basterra, President of the General Assemblies of Álava; Ana Otadui, President of Bizkaia General Assemblies; Xabier Ezeizabarrena, President of the General Assemblies of Gipuzkoa; Marisol Garmendia, government delegate in the Basque Autonomous Community; and Esther Apraiz, President of EUDEL. The President of the Navarra Parliament, Unai Uhalde, will also be present; and the Ararteko, Manu Lezertua.

The candidate for lehendakari of the PNV, Imanol Pradaleswill base its investiture speech on the programmatic agreement, signed on Wednesday by PNV and PSE-EEthat turns five major axes and 32 action areas for the realization of a “global Euskadi”. The document, entitled “Ongizatean hazi”, sets out the priorities and outlines of the work of the executive branch of the XIIIth legislature.

In a preview sent to the press, actions to “continue to improve areas such as health, education, employment, housing, security and social services” are listed as one of the pact’s major pillars, all pillars of well-being. to promote the reindustrialization of Euskadi, with a “modern, dynamic, developed and sustainable industrial fabric” and “quality employment”.

The third axis is based on carrying out an ‘orderly and coordinated’ energy transition so that the Basque manufacturing sector achieves the set objectives ‘without endangering our future’. In the context of coexistence, the agreement on the commitment to gender equality and the rights of the LGTBIQ+ collective, as well as an “inclusive, critical and ethical memory”, with compensation for all victims.

In terms of self-government, PNV and PSE-EE face the legislature with the “dual objectives” of fully complying with the Statute of Gernika and obtaining the basis to develop a new statute through “negotiation, agreement and the maximum political consensus in the Basque Parliament, within the scope of its competence and the current legislation.” Currently, the “priority goal is to take advantage of the future opportunities offered by the internationalization of Euskadi.”

On his part, EH Bildu’s lehendakari candidate, Otxandiano hairwill emphasize that the right to decide appears to be part of the new Basque political status that, according to the sovereigntist coalition, ‘should take off in the first year of the legislature’. Moreover, the candidate will accuse Pradales of turning the investiture into a “mere procedure”.

For its formation, the debate on a new status should ‘start in the first year of the legislature’, take into account the nationalist majority of the new Basque parliament and lead to an articulated text ‘defended in Madrid in terms of the nation.”

“We are not in a hurry. It has to be done well and we don’t want to rush it, but it is time. (…) In September or October we will have to start talking”, and the debate about self- The government must “start in the first year of the term of office,” the EH Bildu candidate will defend.

The complete can be followed on eitb.eus, the EITB Albisteak app and social networks from 9:30 am On television the broadcast will be in charge Amaia Cayero in ETB1; and in the afternoon he will take over Odei Esnaola. In addition, ETB1 and ETB2 will carry special news programs ‘Gaur Egun’ and ‘Teleberri’ of Parliamentdirected by Jonan Apaolaza and Saioa Martija in the afternoon, and Juan Carlos Etxeberria and Nerea Reparaz ‘at night. The spaces ‘On Jake’ and ‘Stay’ They will also closely monitor everything that happens in the Basque Chamber.

As for radios, there will be one ‘Boulevard’ special from there, directed and presented by the head of news of Radio Euskadi Dani Alvarez. Euskadi Irratia also travels to Vitoria-Gasteiz, where they will hold a special ‘Faktoria’ by the hand of Iñaki Guridi. Together with various employees, they will follow and analyze the speeches of the two candidates on site. Radio Vitoria, in turn, will hold a discussion with former parliamentarians at 8:30 am and will follow the day closely through the morning news. ‘Radio Vitoria Gaur’, with Aratz Goikoetxea.