“Ours is a responsible, close and committed banking activity with society, prioritizing people and contributing to the development of the society in which we are part. In the Kutxa Cooperativa project, we will always take one more step.”
Laboral Kutxa claimed another way when three years ago Caja Laboral and Ipar Kutxa joined together, and yes, compared to the activity of the large banks, many will see other forms in the area of cooperative credit and in particular in the Laboral Kutxa that claims other forms. But there are also bad and inadequate practices of big financial institutions; they were and are at the time of financial prosperity.
Look at Peña, 43, a native of Ansoáin (Navarra), committed suicide last Saturday after suffering a precarious crisis. We don't know exactly what the woman's health status left to two children, but we do know that on Friday she received Laboral Kutxa's refusal to check her home mortgage. The PAH association of Navarre, which brings together people affected by mortgages, has ensured that it was denied the so-called code of good practice. As a result, Peña would pay EUR 80 for five years. After the refusal, the next day he committed suicide. He was dismissed two years ago from the company that Faurecia has in Orkoien, where he works.
Peña was one of the thousands more faces of precariousness. The reader has read on these pages the testimonies of Ion, IRAITZ, Ainhoa, Oihana, Kontxi, andrei, Mario José, Iker, Olatz, Maite, Pedro, Jesus… and dozens more faces. The experiences of the bravest. There are tens of thousands of people living in precarious conditions and thousands of people in critical condition. Statistics are cold, but it should be noted that the unemployment rate is 14.9% in Navarre; 48,000 people live in severe poverty and almost all in precarious conditions. Suicides don't come by surprise.
Corpses are also cold, but deaths are hot, and they shake the consciences of ordinary people, hurt and incite to say that the situation is not fair, if not in the kitchen of the house. The most conscious and outraged will go to the streets this week in the Region of Pamplona/Iruña to protest and claim that there is also another way of doing it, which has to be. That, beyond advertising, it is also mandatory to have a different form.
Therefore, Laboral Kutxa should also give more information about how he has behaved with the Peña, as each has to assume his share of responsibility. And then the citizen will value it. And customers. It's the most effective way to believe that there are other molds.
It has often been thought that this wild crisis will bring new governments, and there are some indications of it, but we do not yet know whether Greece is a paradigm or an isolated case. In view of Andalusia, at least, it is clear that Spain is not going to continue on the road to Greece.
Andalusia, with a 34% unemployment, records one of the most relevant data of the situation of social exclusion in Spain. And yet, the PSOE and the PP – at a stroke of a blow – account for 70% of the votes. Although the data show that obtaining 15 seats by Podemos in a given time interval is a political phenomenon of analysis, the data show that they are still a long way from reaching the Government. Therefore, those who want change should flee from the discourse of hegemony and reach the alliance, as Pablo Iglesias himself claimed in his Twitter account when evaluating the results in Andalusia, “the road is made step by step”. Alliances between political forces and political and social movements.
Alliances, for example, will be fundamental to the forthcoming Government of Navarre. Last Sunday, News of Navarra published its survey (Gizaker): From 50 seats, UPN 13, Podemos 9, Geroa Bai 9, Bildu 8, PSN 7 and Ciutadans and I-E one each. You can do a lot of readings, but with those results, UPN would run out of money. In order to form a government of exchange, they would have two options: Podemos, Geroa Bai and Bildu (more Left?) o Geroa Bai, Podemos, PSN and I-E. It would be possible to discuss what would be the most effective option to drive change, but anyone who wants change would sign one or the other today.
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