The event will take place this Tuesday at 6:30 PM at the premises located at number 9 Aldai Street, opposite the Gelma residences. After the flag-raising, the organizing entities will perform a symbolic toast in favor of a future republic that, they advocate, should be “plurinational, just, and democratic”.
Both organizations have highlighted that the event is set against an international backdrop of increasing warlike tensions, against which they reclaim the “pacifist spirit” of the Second Republic. In this regard, they have expressed their rejection of what they consider a “bellicose escalation”, while telling the Basque Government that “the military and war industry is not the path this town has chosen for its economic development”.
The Third Republic will only arrive with the impulse of republicans.
The organizers emphasize that this commemoration seeks to keep alive the values associated with the Second Republic, such as “peace, social justice, culture, and progress”, which they consider still relevant almost a century later.
Furthermore, Juan Luis Merino, Head of Organization and Finance for Ezker Anitza-IU, has pointed out the need to open a debate on the current role of the monarchy. According to him, it is an “hereditary and anachronistic” institution that, in his opinion, lacks “democratic legitimacy and whose credibility has been affected by ethical and fiscal scandals involving members of the royal household”.
Both organizations insist that the commitment to a republican model implies deepening “democracy, ethics, and human rights”. In this sense, they have recalled that the 1931 Constitution introduced “important social, political, and economic advances” which, they maintain, continue to be “a reference in the struggle for a more just and equitable society”.
