“The session resumes on this August 15, the festivity of, paradoxes of life, the Assumption of Mary“. White smoke in Pamplona. María Chivite becomes the first woman to preside Navarra two consecutive legislatures. The socialist leader managed this Tuesday to carry out the investiture thanks to the support that the PSN has of Later Yes and of With you (Podemos and IU), with whom he will share government, and to the abstention of EH Bildu, necessary to obtain the green light from the Cortes.
In fact, the left a patriot He has had in his hand over the last few days the future of the tripartite commanded by Chivite. It was precisely his abstention that prevented the inauguration by absolute majority from prospering this Monday and forced the PSN to seek the approval of the Chamber through a simple majority in the second vote: he just needed more if it is what noes.
And there was no surprise in the Parliament of Navarre. As planned, Chivite achieved the investiture by the minimum: 21 votes in favor (eleven from the PSN, seven from Geroa Bai and three from Contigo-Zurekin), nine abstentions (all from EH Bildu) and 20 votes against (15 from UPNthree of PP and two of Vox). Exactly one vote difference, as in 2019. So, the seven parliamentarians of EH Bildu divided their vote: seven wrote abstention on your ballot, and two noto give the fair and necessary support, neither more nor less, to Chivite to be president.
The abstention of the group a patriot en bloc on this occasion, granted after having the approval of the militancy and out of a sense of “responsibility”, evidences the dependence that the socialists have on EH Bildu. in the formation of Arnaldo Otegi They know it, and that is why they have increased their demands. For EH Bildu it is already a “priority” to address the debate on a referendum in Navarra on its adherence to the “rest of the Basque territories”, a scenario that is outlined in the Constitution through the Fourth Transitory Provision that the right has been demanding to suppress for years.
The left a patriot It also calls for this legislature that is now starting to get to the bottom of the linguistic issue in Navarra and end up recognizing Basque as its own language in the foral community.