Pamplona (EFE).- The general secretary of the PSN, María Chivite, has reiterated the “commitment to freedom, democracy and coexistence” of her party, on the anniversary of the Second Republic. She has paid homage to the militants who suffered reprisals from her as a result of the Civil War, “proud of her legacy.”
On the day in which the proclamation of the Second Republic is commemorated, 92 years later, Chivite has led the act that the PSN dedicates in the hallway of the Pamplona City Hall to his fellow councilors assassinated in 1936. Their names appear on a plaque under the that a flower arrangement has been placed, to the applause of family members and socialist militants.
Before them Chivite, president of the regional government, has defended the Historical Memory laws that Navarra has endowed itself with. She has considered “fundamental recovery, safeguarding and dissemination of democratic memory centered on the recognition of the defense of democratic values and fundamental rights and freedoms.”
Chivite claims to “build coexistence”
He has stressed as essential “the principles of truth, justice, reparation and guarantee of non-repetition” of what happened. As an example, he has valued the political exercise of the PSOE, from which “we have always proposed broad agreements to build something fundamental, build coexistence.”
For this reason, he has asked “to deepen our democratic values” and has assured, emphatically, that “either the memory of the past serves to build democratic coexistence in the present and in the future or it does not”.
As a concrete example, he recalled Gregorio Angulo, one of the councilors who appears on the council plaque as “murdered for his loyalty to the Constitution of the Second Republic” and founder of the PSN. His remains were recovered from a grave, so “just as they were not able to make him disappear forever, neither will anyone be able to make his ideas and values cease to be present today and always.”
Chivite has encouraged them to continue with their “path, values and project”, “proud of the legacy of compañeros and compañeras who have been building it and committed to modern social democracy to empower women and men of our land”, he said.
“Many could not stand that there were freedoms”
The general secretary of the Pamplona Socialist Group, Maite Esporrín, recalled the benefits that the proclamation of the Second Republic had for the freedoms of citizens. “But there were many who could not bear it and the military uprising that led to so many murders took place”, among them the councilors and workers of the Pamplona City Council to whom she has honored.
In his memory, a plaque stands in the hall of the Pamplona town hall, under which a bouquet of flowers has been placed. The tribute has been extended to the “more than 3,000 murdered in Navarra despite the fact that there was no war front here”, Esporrín has had an impact. He has asked “not to forget our history, because without our history we are nothing.”
Preserving memory, more important than ever
Borja Paredes has influenced the same line, on behalf of the UGT, a union to which many of those reprisalized in 1936 belonged (he has said that 1,300 of the 13,000 members at that time were murdered). He has assured that “preserving memory is more important today than ever in the face of far-right attacks that try to delegitimize what happened.”
For this reason, he has vindicated “the history of our organization and the value of dignity, the commitment of those men and women who were killed, retaliated against and who suffered all kinds of humiliation for defending freedom and social justice,” he requested.
The entry The PSN reiterates its “commitment to coexistence and democracy” was first published in EFE Noticias.