The new Parliament of Navarra has been constituted this Friday in a session in which Unai Hualde, from Geroa Bai, has been re-elected president of the Chamber, while the Socialist Ainhoa Unzu, first vice president, completes the Legislative Committee; Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin, from UPN, second vice president; Yolanda Ibáñez, from UPN, first secretary, and Mikel Zabaleta, from EH Bildu, second secretary.
As planned, the agreement reached by PSN and Geroa Bai within the negotiations for the formation of the Government in Navarra has been fulfilled, in which it was decided that the Presidency of the Provincial Parliament would fall to Geroa Bai. Unai Hualde has received the support of PSN, EH Bildu, Geroa Bai and Contigo Navarra.
The constitutive session began at 11 a.m. with a minute of silence for the migrants who recently died in the Mediterranean, and was chaired by the oldest parliamentarian, Emilio Jiménez, from Vox, assisted, as secretaries, by Kevin Lucero (PSN) and Irati Jiménez (EH Bildu), the two youngest.
The fifty elected officials (15 from UPN, 11 from PSN, 9 from EH Bildu, 7 from Geroa Bai, 3 from PPN, 2 from Navarra Contigo and 2 from Vox) that make up the Parliament of Navarra have sworn or promised their positions in a session that has started the anthem of the old Courts and March for the entrance of the Kingdom by the Band of Trumpets and Timbales of the Government of Navarre.
The president of the Board of age has requested from the secretaries and, later, from the other elected parliamentarians, the oath or promise to respect at all times the foral regime of Navarra, to abide by the Constitution and the laws and to faithfully fulfill the obligations of their position, for which purpose their call has been made in alphabetical order.
Emilio Jiménez himself has sworn the position “for Spain”. On the other hand, the parliamentarians of EH Bildu have promised it “by legal imperative”, the same formula that some Geroa Bai elected officials have used, such as Uxue Barkos or Unai Hualde. Contigo Navarra parliamentarian Carlos Guzmán has promised “without renouncing the third Spanish republic and a communist horizon”.
choice of table
After the parliamentarians took office, the Parliamentary Bureau was voted on, which has respected the gender criteria established in the new Regulations. Unai Hualde, from Geroa Bai, has been appointed president of the Chamber.
UPN had presented the candidacy of Iñaki Iriarte for the Presidency and has obtained the support of his fellow group members, as well as PPN parliamentarians. Vox has voted blank. In total, Unai Hualde has obtained 30 votes, while Iñaki Iriarte has obtained 18.
Subsequently, the two vice-presidencies have been elected, the first has fallen to the socialist Ainhoa Unzu, who has had the votes of PSN, Geroa Bai and Contigo Navarra; while the second has been for Juan Luis Sánchez de Muniáin, from UPN, who has received the support of UPN and PPN. EH Bildu and Vox have voted blank.
Finally, the two secretariats of the Bureau have been voted. There were two candidacies, the UPN (Yolanda Ibáñez/Pedro González) and the EH Bildu (Arantza Izurdiaga/Mikel Zabaleta) and it has resulted in elected first secretary Yolanda Ibáñez (UPN), with the votes of UPN, PPN and Vox, and second secretary Mikel Zabaleta (EH Bildu), with the support of EH Bildu, Geroa Bai and Contigo Navarra. The PSN has voted blank.
Concluded the election of the Table, all the elected members have been proclaimed by the president of the Table of Age and have gone on to occupy their respective positions, thus taking possession of their positions. Subsequently, Unai Hualde has declared the Parliament of Navarre constituted.
The president of the Legislature has expressed his “satisfaction that the body that will govern the Chamber is plural and with a progressive majority”. “Today's election of the Board could be a first step to reconstitute some institutions in Navarre with this plural and progressive orientation at the municipal and regional level, and for that, a lot of dialogue and a willingness to understand between different groups are needed,” he stressed..
The constitution of the Chamber will be communicated by its president to the King, the president of the central Government, the president of the Provincial Council, the president of the Congress of Deputies and the president of the Senate.
among the guests
In the guest rostrum, there has been great expectation with numerous representatives of all the political formations and institutions of Navarra. The mayor of Pamplona, Enrique Maya, the government delegate in Navarra, José Luis Arasti, the president of the Chamber of Comptos, Ignacio Cabeza, the Ombudsman, Patxi Vera, the president of the TSJN, Joaquín Galve, as well as as the superior prosecutor, José Antonio Sánchez.
The Navarrese deputies who are currently in the ranks of the PPN, Sergio Sayas and Carlos García Adanero, deputy Bel Pozueta (EH Bildu), senators Koldo Martínez (Geroa Bai), Alberto Catalán (UPN), have also witnessed the constitution of the Chamber. Amelia Salanueva (PPN), Toni Magdaleno (PSN), Ruth Goñi (currently in the ranks of the PPN), as well as the MEP Idoia Villanueva.
Also present were the mayor of Tudela, Alejandro Toquero, the mayor of Estella, Koldo Leoz, as well as the UPN candidate for Pamplona mayor, Cristina Ibarrola, the EH Bildu candidate, Joseba Asiron, or the PSN candidate, Elma Saiz.