The Social Forum highlights in a communiqué the three points of concern to Basque society and its citizens.
"First of all, these days we've seen pictures of rights violations and authoritarian attitudes in our society. These are disturbing realities which, if followed, can lead us back to the cuts in freedom that our society has experienced in the past. On the other hand, on the part of many political leaders, the pandemic has been abused of war rhetoric at this time. And thirdly, the tightening of the political debate. Because, in this context, it seemed impossible for such a thing to happen. We know from experience that the tightening of the debate between the parties has direct consequences for the initiatives to resolve the consequences of the cycle of violence and, above all, for the establishment of the so-called 'Battle of the Story'".
Below he explains what the solution agenda should be in the new context: "With regard to the consequences of the cycle of violence, we are convinced that this period of confinement has created better conditions to give a definitive boost to the process of releasing the three knots that have yet to be resolved. The first is to put an end to the discrimination that persists in the right to truth, justice and reparation for the victims. Secondly, the final repeal of the emergency penitentiary policy and the implementation of a standard policy on prisoners. It is urgent to put an end to the isolation, since in this period of coronavirus an additional sanction has been imposed on relatives and relatives and on the prisoners themselves. And, thirdly, to promote the construction of an inclusive critical memory from the social spaces that respects all the stories".
To do this, it is necessary, on the one hand, "to disarm the word". In the words of the Social Forum, "a process of de-escalation must also be carried out in the political debate in order to develop its full potential and to deal with the fears that are hindering the solution and that all the actors involved have". On the other hand, it is a priority "to deepen the dynamics of the construction of democratic coexistence as an objective and instrument of social cohesion", as well as "to remove from the conflict between the parties the issue of victims' rights or the need to apply a standard policy to prisoners (the end of the removal in this first phase) in order to act effectively".