“It will be easier to reach an agreement with the one in Madrid than with the one here,” said Arnaldo Otegi about the possibility of reach an agreement with the PSOE regarding the reform of the Statute of Guernica. Although the leader of EH Bildu has said he is joking about this issue, the reality is that the Basque pro-independence left is experiencing a sweet moment, as, one after another, they see how they are coming materializing practically all of your demands with the connivance of the Government headed by Pedro Sánchez.
The most recent, the reform of the citizen security law, the refusal to prevent ETA members from running in elections or the reduction of sentences for prisoners of the terrorist group. One last point about which Otegi has said that It is an “investment in coexistence for the future” and that he has not negotiated directly with the PSOE during an interview this morning on Radio Euskadi: “Yes with others here in the country (in reference to the Basque autonomous community).”
Bildu sees its best asset to obtain political benefits in its alliance at the national level with the PSOE, which is even leading it to compete with the PNV for the role of great negotiator in Madrid. A “window of opportunity” in the presidency of Pedro Sánchezderived from their parliamentary weakness, which also pushes them to be clearly in favor of supporting the next General State Budgets.
“We believe it is possible,” Otegi said about its viability before analyzing: “There is a circumstantial investiture block and each party is playing its game, with the exception perhaps of EH Bildu and the PNV.” They are, according to him, Basque nationalist forces the “most predictable” within what began to be known as the ‘Frankenstein majority’ and that this legislature has left the coalition government of PSOE and Sumar in the Congress of Deputies on numerous occasions.
Regarding the reform of the Guernica Statute, promoted by the PNV and the Socialist Party of Euskadi (PSE), which govern in coalition in the Basque Country, the general coordinator of EH Bildu has confirmed that he has already spoken with Andoni Ortuzar, president of the PNV, to set a date for a formal meeting. However, he has clarified that conversations, beyond official meetings, always exist. «In private the relationship is good, although in public there are sometimes expletives»commented Otegi. In fact, despite their alleged distance, they have jointly approved three motions in the Juntas of Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya demanding the incorporation of the “right to decide” (euphemism for a self-determination referendum) in the new text.
In that sense, Bildu presented its political presentation last Fridaywhich will be debated in the coming months on the way to the congress that will culminate in February with the re-election of Otegi. In it, although renounces the unilateral route, establishing a “gradual process” as a strategic line to recover the sovereignty of the Basque Country, it continues to have among its essential elements the “national recognition” of the region.
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