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Asiron: "The sanfermines have been participative, popular and multitudinous"
  • Despite the positive assessment by the mayor of Pamplona, he stressed that 24 assaults have been recorded and 23 people have been arrested. In Baiona, 11 cases of gender-based violence have been reported on other occasions.
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Ezkerretik eskuinera, Maider Beloki Iruñeko Udaleko Kultura zinegotzia, Joseba Asiron Iruñeko alkatea eta Iruñeko Udaleko Segurtasun zinegotzia. Argazkia: Iruñeko Udala

The mayor of Pamplona, Joseba Asiron, has begun to emphasize the coexistence and valuation of the sanfermines. He stressed that the assessment made so far is “positive”, as the sanfermines have been “participatory”, “popular” and “multitudinous”: “However, we cannot ignore the 24 reported sexist attacks.”

He has given some reasons to argue the positive assessment. With regard to the influx of people, he said that more people than ever participated in the sanfermines, namely more than two million people.

He added that Pamplona "has recovered" popular festivities, including the popular Sanfermines. “In recent years, spaces have been denied to celebrate the festivities of some collectives, but all the collectives who have requested this year have gained a space,” said the Councilwoman of Culture of the City of Pamplona, Maider Beloki.

They have also highlighted the success of the cultural programme. This year’s goal has been to “empower” and give space to local artists. The most successful artists have been Gorka Urbizu, Izaro, El Drogas, Chill Mafia and Marux. Beloki has explained that citizenship has received "a lot of affection and affection" to the groups of the territory.

Reference is also made to security, and according to the data provided by the Security Council of the City of Pamplona, Endika Alonso, the arrests have been reduced by 20% and increased by 10%. 60% of crimes are crimes related to crime or theft in Spain. It says that these are the results achieved through “enormous coordination” between all the institutions.

Although the assessment is positive, there is also a need for improvement. Asiron has said that the "most important evil" to be tackled is sexist aggressions. A total of 24 attacks have been recorded, of which 18 have been touched, according to the statement. “It’s not a problem that Pamplona has, it’s a problem that the whole of society has to deal with,” said Asiron. However, they are satisfied that a total of 23 people have been arrested, almost all of them, and the coordination work has been “very good”. He also recalled that a public transport driver identified an aggression, closed the bus doors and waited for the police to arrive, who came to the place. In addition, he recalled that the people at the site transferred all their support to the purchased woman: “This would not be possible without the work done to raise awareness among feminist movements.”

Report 11 attacks in Baiona

The socialist organization of women Itaia of Ipar Euskal Herria has denounced that 11 assaults have been recorded in the Baiona festivities, including rape attempts, physical assaults and verbal assaults.

In addition, a video has also been mentioned which has been disseminated on a massive scale by social networks: “Although it has not been legally qualified as a violation, it breaks the limits of consent and shows a clear objectification of the wife.”

Itaia recalled that in order to deal with male violence and reinvent the models of party and society free of violence, it is necessary to identify and deal with the “Systems of Domination of Origin”: “The refusal to radically confront domination means leaving individual responsibility for protecting oneself from the aggressors in the oppressed,” he added.