The agreement for the reissue of the tripartite government of Navarra was signed yesterday by the acting president and candidate for re-election, the socialist Maria Chiviteand the leaders of Geroa Bai and Contigo-Zurekin, Uxue Barkos y Begona Alfaro. The three referred to this legislature pact as “ambitious” and “progressive”, which will enable Chivite to attend the investiture session with 21 of the 50 parliamentarians in the Chamber. Meanwhile, the president of Parliament, Unai Hualde, began the procedures to convene the plenary session of investiture.
To make your investiture a reality eh Bildu will have to, at least, abstain in the second ballot. For this, the abertzale formation consults today its militancy whether to facilitate the formation of the Executive “through abstention”, an option for which its bet Political Table of Navarre. “In Navarra there are progressive majorities and the citizens do not want the right to govern neither in Navarra nor in Madrid,” argued the formation in a press release to mark a position before the consultation raised with the militancy.
Among the most outstanding political proposals of the tripartite agreement is a firm commitment to “linguistic diversity”, a nod precisely to EH Bildu. «Navarra claims its diversity, in defense of their heritage and culture. And, of course, their own languages. Hence, we show the greatest respect for the Basque language in the context of the law from sociolinguistic logic,” Chivite stressed.
Regarding the rest of the agreement, it included that the government have three vice-presidencies -one for each formation- and that Geroa Bai will propose to the regional senator who has to choose the Parliament of NavarreJust like it happened four years ago. Barkos did not elaborate on who the senator might be, saying it is something the coalition will have to discuss.
In her speech, the socialist also highlighted the principles of political action that the new Executive will take: “Continue delving into an economic model that combines economic development and a social model”, in addition to “strengthening public services as a key element of equality of opportunities”.