The road, the metaphor of life -- and the top, the goal -- of how many beautiful poems those two words have emerged. Machado said “walking there is no way, walking” (walking, no way, walking), and Mario Benedetti, in his poem “Don’t Save” (Don’t Immobile on the Edge of the Road), for just two examples. And that is that in literature, especially in many poetry, the path is the adventure of life, a human construction that leads us to the summit, to that goal that satisfies the passion of happiness that we all desire and deserve. Lovers of the mountain passively pass through the roads the most beautiful moments of our life, there are our greatest dreams and illusions, as well as our greatest sorrows. There are so many paths to reach the tops you want, where in the end pure air, we breathe an air full of peace, freedom and joy, receiving an extraordinary reward for the effort made.

We have decided to write these lines because we have been challenged by the dynamic “Izan Bidea” of the Citizen Network. We are not particularly experts in politics, at least in the conflict between parties, however legitimate it may be, of course. But we are concerned about the health and democratic quality of coexistence in the society in which we live. And we have memory. We know that a conflict that does not close properly can reopen and re-emerge wounds. We think that keeping some two hundred people in jail related to the conflict that the whole of society wants to see definitively normalized is not just an anomaly. Firstly, it is unfair, because many of them should be free or close to being free, with the intention of reinserting themselves if the laws in force are applied and in accordance with the principle that must be a priority in a rule of law: the protection of human rights. Distorting law enforcement, knowing that fundamental rights are being violated, can only be understood in this way: it is the will of the few, to keep open a conflict that the majority of society would like to see on the road. And besides being unfair, it is absolutely inhumane, because it causes so much suffering to these people and their relatives and relatives, sometimes even death, as has happened again in recent days. But that suffering can be avoided with reason and law. Whenever possible, using both in this order.

The mountaineers who sign this paper want to be part of the road that will lead to peace. We know some of the roads, because it has often touched us to break new roads in places that no one has ever stepped on. We know that the road to peace and coexistence must be opened on the hard rock, with patience and firmness. But it can be opened. Of course it does. Every time we have the goal of a summit in sight, we can open a path that will take us there. Of course, the more hands you open the way, the easier and faster the journey to the top will be. We therefore call upon all citizens to participate in this great auzolan, in the construction of a road that brings our people a peaceful future and a healthy coexistence. In the mountains and in life, time matters a lot. And we got late. The step must be revived. On 3 October we have an important date in the 650 cimes of our people. Come with us!

* This article has been signed by the following Navarros mountaineers:

Koldo Aldaz

John Mari Feliu

Cruz Azkona

José Luis Lizarraga

Mikel Goldarazena