Pamplona (EFE).- Sustainability, youth and equality are the three axes on which the performance of the electoral program presented this Wednesday by Contigo-Zurekin for the upcoming elections revolves, a “contract with the citizens of Navarra” with more than 650 proposals arising from the meeting and dialogue with the social groups of Navarra.
The head of the list to the Provincial Parliament for the coalition (Podemos Navarra, Izquierda Unida, Batzarre, Alianza Verde, Verdes Equo and the Grupo de Independientes), Begoña Alfaro, who has stressed that with these proposals, distributed in 17 thematic areas, has said this They are facing the campaign “with great enthusiasm, strength, energy” in a project “a pioneer in the State in bringing together all the forces of the left here in Navarra and which we are sure will have an impact at the polls”.
Alfaro: On 29M, to agree on health, housing and employment
Also, and as it had already advanced on previous occasions, it has been reaffirmed that the day after the elections they will propose “to all the progressive forces of Navarra, that we are the majority and we have no doubt that we will continue to be so, three great pacts ”, which go through the defense of public health, decent housing and quality employment.
“If we achieve this, we will have achieved a small revolution”, he assured to acknowledge that “for this we will have to confront economic powers”, although “we are clear about what we are here for and we are going to defend the interests of the Navarrese social majority”.
“We propose to rethink the Navarra that we want for the next decade, in a Community in which we also hope that the identity confrontation will finally become history and that we conceive the diversity of our land as what it is, a wealth”, has settled Alfaro (Podemos) as a summary of the outlines of the program.
Guzmán, with a rigorous, solvent and daring program
His partner on the list as number 2, Carlos Guzmán (IUN) has defined the program as “rigorous, solvent, daring to transform Navarra”, and it is the result of a participatory process carried out since last summer the coalition began to shape the already receive contributions from the militants but also from the social groups with which they have met.
“We are aware that Navarra is plural and diverse, and therefore the needs of the citizens of Navarra are also plural and diverse”, which they have tried to capture in the programme.
Regarding its content, one of those responsible, Miguel Garrido, has made a brief summary of the “master lines with which the coalition intends to transform Navarra” that revolve around the “three challenges” that must be addressed in a transversal manner “and that are sustainability, youth and equality, which appear throughout the programme.
A new economic model centered on people
Thus, Contigo Zurekin advocates for these elections for a new economic model “focused on people and led by the public sector. We are convinced that the Government of Navarra should not only act as a facilitator of economic development and evolution, but that it should lead it so that it goes where we want it to go, to better jobs and a sustainable economy for the planet.
Among the proposals in this field, those to create a public bank, a strategic office in the Government, the Navarro Investment Institute, the Public Energy Agency, or the Agency for the Evaluation of Public Policies, has said to point to the fact that the economy “It must be focused on improving people’s lives”, and for this reason they propose an Employment Guarantee Plan, promote the 30 or 32-hour working day and guarantee reconciliation with that job.
“We propose a social model based on the community and cooperation”, delve into Improvement and the skills that Navarra has, and a culture of participation because “it is the only way to advance in the community”, he said for also point to their intention to carry out a new Euskera Law, which “could put aside the identity war that this land has had” and make Euskera and Spanish co-official throughout the Foral Community.
The Navarrese identity as wealth, not as a threat
He has raised the need to “understand the identity of Navarra as an intercultural identity”, that these various cultures existing in Navarra “are a wealth for our entire community and not a threat”.
In addition, “we want a more egalitarian society without poverty or discrimination, and for this we propose to end poverty in Navarra with a key instrument: Strengthen and improve Guaranteed Income”, Garrido pointed out to also propose the guarantee of “the dignity of older people promoting a publicly owned and managed care model that responds to their needs”.
In the health field, he has raised the need for a new Provincial Health Law, and as a result of the “pact” between parties, “to place primary care at the center of health care, manage to reduce waiting lists and ensure the positioning health as an element of pride in Navarra”, where Mental Health is also taken into account with a new regional law.
Guarantee the right to housing for the entire population, especially youth; promote a society without discrimination and in full equality; eradicating violence against women by promoting coeducation and supporting the work of feminist movements are other features of the Contigo-Zurekin program.
To them is added the commitment to sustainability to face the climate emergency with the creation, among other measures, of a public energy Agency that leads the energy transition; as well as the vision of a Navarra “in territorial balance and in the fight against depopulation”, with a territorial cohesion that proposes a positive discrimination of income of the municipalities and expenses of the Government of Navarra, which will be urged to ensure services and infrastructures that guarantee access to the entire population regardless of where they reside