They spoke in their own language in the plenary hall; although they were given a few minutes to intervene, the majority have been cut off.
Euskaraz irakurri: Galicia, Katalunia and Euskal Herriko diputatuek hizkuntza own erabili dute, eta hitza kendu diete
Catalan, Basque, Galician and Valencian delegates asserted their language for the presidency of the Congress, speaking in their own language in the plenary hall; although they were given a few minutes to intervene, the majority have been cut off.
Congressional plenary will debate and vote in favor of the bill this Tuesday ERC, PNV and the multiple group reform the rules of the House of Representatives so that the co-official languages can be spoken in plenary interventions, in parliamentary committees and in registered documents.
The ERC delegate first opened the debate in Spanish, emphasizing that it is an anomaly that Spanish is imposed in the same country and that a conference cannot be given in the mother tongue, and immediately afterwards described in Catalan the “hypocrisy of a plural Spain where only Castilian Spain exists”.
The first vice president of the congress table, Alfonso Rodríguez de Celis, has twice called attention to the deputy who has finally left the podium. A situation later reproduced with the deputies of JxCAT, BNG and the CUP, who have not given in to the urging to stop speaking in their own language.
Some spokespersons such as the PDeCAT, or the PNV and EH Bildu have preferred to intervene by translating their arguments simultaneously.
Mertxe Aipurua of EH Bildu has criticized that the co-official languages are “invisible” and that only short sentences are accepted in Congress.
¿ Euskarak, katalanak eta galegoak jasaten duten discriminazioaren aurrean, Kongresuko araudia aldatzeko eskatuko dugu gaur.
«Ezinbestekoa da erakunde publikutan hizkuntza aniztasuna bermatzea eta guztion eskubideak errespetatzea, baita Kongresuan ere».@MertxeAizpurua I pic.twitter.com/JrtSp3OFQs
— EH Bildu Congress – Senate (@EHBilduCongreso) June 21, 2022
From the PNV, the deputy Joseba Agirretxea has criticized in Spanish and Basque those “who say they are Spanish languages and do nothing to make it so” because the instinct of “the prevalence of Spanish” overwhelms them.
Joseba Agirretxea, in defense of the initiative of @eajpnv with other groups for the use of #languages officials in Congress: “It’s a lie about the… #multilingualism There is a complex of fear of diversity.
“Ez diguzue inposatuko zein hizkuntzatan hitz egin beharra daukagun” pic.twitter.com/LW6WPMOyND
—EAJ-PNV Kongresua (@EAJPNV_Congreso) June 21, 2022
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