PNV believes that the decision responds to ‘a cry from the people’. EH Bildu has advocated continuing to work on selections that recognize all of Euskal Herria. UPN will “support all legal actions taken by Spanish sports institutions to correct this nonsense.”
The inclusion of the Basque Pelota Federation as a full member of the International Basque Pelota Federation (FIPV) decided this Saturday in a meeting in Pamplona opens the door for Basque platoon to participate in international competitions representing Euskadi, something that has already happened celebrated with joy by the Basque government and political formations such as PNV And EH Bilduwhile it is the cause of the rejection from others, such as UPN.
The jeltzale training has ensured that the selection’s participation in the FIPV, added to the amendment to the sports law which the Basque Group managed to introduce in Congress and the Senate in October 2022, allows the Basque platoon to wear the Euskadi shirt and parade under the ikurriña in official international competitions.
In this sense, the Jeltzale formation has assured that there is “a cry from the people” in favor of the official status of the Basque teams and that “in response to this call” it has pledged to continue contributing to “the liberation of the path to official status based on the greatest possible number of sporting disciplines.” Thus, the party led by Andoni Ortuzar has recovered the words spoken by the Jeltzale deputy Joseba Agirretxea in the plenary session of Congress where the sports and sports law was amended.
Also from EH Bildu And EH BaI celebrated the news. “It is news that is on the right track, another step towards the recognition of the Basques,” they defended in a note made public.
“We must all continue to work so that we can compete in all sports and in all fields with teams that all of Euskal Herria recognizes,” she added. “It is an additional step towards recognition and respect for the nationality of the Basques.”
For this reason, they have called on the entire society to continue working towards realizing Basque sports teams that include the entire Euskal Herria.
The other side, UPN has denounced that the decision of the General Assembly of the International Basque Pelota Federation, which approved the reform of the statutes to allow the participation of the Basque Pelota Federation as a different nation, has been a “cacicada” of the president of the entity, Xavier Cazaubon.
The regionalists have emphasized that “all this in turn stems from the political transfer of Pedro Sánchez to the PNV in 2022 to amend the Sports Law and thus open the possibility that the Basque Autonomous Community can participate in international competitions as if it were a nation . “This is a political decision that has nothing to do with the benefit for sport or athletes” and which, in the opinion of UPN, “represents a clear decline for Spanish sport, because its potential has been weakened, in this case at the field of sports.” ball”.
The regionalist party has explained that “the Assembly, convened on special dates such as Christmas, has had the representation of only seven of the fourteen countries with voting rights and, for various disciplinary reasons, has been prevented from including the presence of Spain and Cuba, whose votes did not support the proposal would have continued. For all these reasons, they announced that “UPN will support all legal actions taken by Spanish sports institutions to correct this nonsense.”
Source: EITB
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