Lack of public and Basque debate
Before I address the account of the facts, I should like to make it clear that, in addition to the linguistic issue that I am going to deal with now, the fundamental issue is a lack of public debate, both for what happened in the pandemic and for other cases of economic interest such as the San Sebastian metro, the Zubieta incinerator, the high-speed train, etc.
A month ago, I was going at 06:30 in the morning on the Errenteria train and I was approached by a couple of security police officers and asked to wear the mask in Spanish. I know that the Constitution and the Statute of Autonomy guarantee freedom of choice of language. I told him in Basque that he had permission not to wear the mask. When I realized they didn't understand, I had to answer in Spanish. This made me angry because they were again violating my rights. Last week I spent the same thing on Eusko Tren, and months before the Ertzaintza patrol that stopped me in Irura told me that if I wanted to take care of myself in Euskera I had to wait, and I told him no. Because before another Ertzaintza patrol, which I didn't know Euskera, stuck me 20 minutes in Orio until those who knew came.
By then, with the anger I had, I responded to the train security police that looked like Extremadura, as Murcia or Toledo could say, because it was nothing but a complaint about the repeated violations in the linguistic field. In any case, I apologise if what was said was offensive to someone. Following the story, it must be said that on the platform of the Lezo Errenteria station I was waiting for seven ertzainas. I tried to explain to the ertzaina that what happened on the train stood by me, underlining the violation of the rights endured. In this regard, as an agent for the protection of our rights, I asked him about the measures that had to be taken so that it did not happen again. He answered me to contact the security company that hires these workers and to my surprise asked me for my identification. It is clear that I do not have to contact that company, because I fulfil my obligations as a citizen, and that is why I believe I must demand respect for my rights. Once identified, and when the card itself returns me, the ertzaina told me that he was right in the things he was saying, and I wonder: What good is it if my fundamental rights are not respected?
On the other hand, I have been informed that the Basque Government appealed against the judgment of a judge who estimated the appeal brought by seven people without a linguistic profile who wanted to be included in the Municipal Guard’s work bag. After the above and seeing the lack of coherence of the Basque Government, I am not clear why it has appealed. However, if at least the Basque Government wants to gain linguistic credibility, it knows what it has to do.
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