Pamplona (EFE).- The Geroa Bai candidate, Koldo Martínez, explained this Wednesday that he rejects the option of voting for Elma Saiz, from the PSN, as mayor and that he will support Joseba Asiron, from EH Bildu, as the most voted progressive force , but that, if it is not possible to add a majority, it will be necessary to look for “alternatives”.
Martínez has appeared at a press conference to explain that he will assume “a step forward” to get out of the situation of “blockade” in which “the first two progressive forces” are, but he has not said that he will present himself as a consensus candidate .
The Geroa Bai candidate has said that the majority of the vote in Pamplona is progressive and that it would not be understandable for him to lose and UPN to win the mayoralty. Martínez has not yet spoken with the rest of the forces, but he has explained that he will speak with EH Bildu, PSN and Contigo Navarra, and will not exclude any of them.
In this way, it discards the option proposed by Elma Saiz, of creating a municipal government with the forces that make up the Government of Navarra. “We will support the mayor’s office with the most voted progressive forces. Asking for the vote for Elma Saiz is giving UPN the mayoralty, something that Geroa Bai will not allow ”, she said.
Supporter of a “global deal”
“If other progressive forces prevent it, we will have to look for alternative ways. The PSN has been ruled out by Bildu. Geroa bai is not going to give the mayorship to UPN. If a progressive government is not achieved due to positions that exclude the first two progressive forces, the votes will become useless ”, she has warned.
“For consistency, respect and commitment to citizenship, we cannot accept either with resignation or indignation, we cannot accept the blockade of the first two progressive forces. You have to look for exceptional exits to exceptional blockages. Possible formulas that, above partisanship, lead the majority of citizens to the municipal government”, he said.
He blames both the PSN and EH Bildu for blocking the formation of a government and has assumed that “unblocking the situation can happen by taking a step forward” and has said that all forces have to do so. “There is no way we can throw the progressive vote into the trash can,” he added.
Asked how the composition of the Pamplona City Council could affect the formation of the Government of Navarra, Martínez said that he did not know how it could affect it, but that Geroa Bai is in favor of a “global agreement”.