- In these special days, a series of events are taking place that will lead to numerous studies and book publications in the coming years. No wonder, as this virus has brought our lives, beliefs, beliefs and referents upside down. Despite the fact that for a long time the biologist and other scientists warned us, we were all surprised, although some want to appear in disguise in the South Park's a posteriori captain's suit.
That is why I only dare to study a small scene that has happened. What happened next to the house, but quite significant.
In our fragmented people, the institutional framework is very complex. In an emergency, this complexity creates special problems.
On March 12, the main institutions of the three western countries of the Basque Country met: Basque Government, EUDEL, Deputies and a special “guest”, new Delegate of the Government of Spain, Mr. Denis Itsaso. The post-meeting hearing was scheduled for noon but was postponed. The new guests, representatives of the Crown of Spain, were responsible for putting the orders of the Spanish Government on the table. The Jeltzales that are part of the Basque Government came as a surprise: The “State of Alarm” would be established and, over and above the powers of the Basque Government, Pedro Sánchez would assume a single mandate.
On 12 March, Denis Itsaso became president. He put the arguments on the table: Constitution of 78, police, civil guard and military pistols. I don't know if it would be objective or submissive, but at least now, we see the pasaitarra very comfortably at the head of the uniformed.
"On March 12, Denis Itsaso became president. He put the arguments on the table: Constitution of 78, police, civil guard and military pistols. I don't know if it would be objective or submissive, but at least now, we see the pasaitarra very comfortably at the head of the uniformed."
Lehendakari Urkullu, however reluctant than inexpressive, could not hide his indignation that day. Europe’s “most developed autonomy” was eliminated in a second. We saw it and learned it in Catalonia, on the occasion of 155, a boureau fax annulled the Statute, it was a tremendous political conflict. It cannot be imagined that a small group of DNA barely visible in the microscope could alter the structure of the CAV and the Government of Navarra.
If the mandate had been from Iñigo Urkullu, it might have done worse, because for EAJ-PNV it is compatible to leave the children at home and see the workers stacked in “meters”. But it's not about that. The key was somewhere else. At that meeting, the delegate of the Spanish Government had all the power, not the EUDEL, nor the deputies, nor the Basque Government. They were not entitled to say “NO”, which clearly demonstrates (once again) that the Basque institutions are in a situation of dependency. A hypothetical bilaterality.
The Deputies have jurisdiction over minors and the elderly in situations of dependency; the Basque Government and the Government of Navarre have all the powers in the field of health, as well as the means to respond to a plague such as this. However, the Government of Sánchez has taken advantage of the emergency situation for a demonstration of strength, which did not require a single command.
Evidently, this virus and more and more problems go beyond all limits, and it is curious that Sánchez has used this argument to re-establish the border between Ipar and Hego Euskal Herria with “manu militariz”.
After the 2008 crisis, states lost power over “Markets”. Apparently, on this occasion, the States want to regain power. Stressing that they are above subordinate institutions, that they have permission for the military to go out into the street and that they have the capacity to curtail the rights of citizens.
Any state of emergency is always dangerous. I suspect that what they are testing and rehearsing in this state of emergency are doing so that it can be used in the future. Taking some decisions to the extreme to make the move to citizenship. There were certainly other solutions, but the Spanish nationalists have chosen the method they know, authoritarianism, centralization, militancy, secrecy and all the televisions of noon “The Side”.
In the Planetarium, problems are increasingly going beyond all limits. The structures of the 20th-century Nation States often fall short. The staging of the instruments of the obsolete nations of the state (authoritarianism, sovereignty and vision of citizenship as children, sanctions and military…) is now out of place. It's out of time.
Paradoxically, I believe that the problems encountered in the Planetary Age can be better managed by local institutions and networks. Giving all the information to the citizens, trusting in the citizens, providing networks of citizens and holding us all accountable.
Patxi Azparren.
Member of the Lizargorri group