Asiron attributes Ibarrola's statements about scrubbing stairs to "anger and tension": "I don't think he thinks that"

PAMPLONA, 29 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The mayor of Pamplona, ​​Joseba Asiron (EH Bildu), has considered that the statements made by the outgoing mayor, Cristina Ibarrola (UPN) after the motion of censure this Thursday are due to the situation of "anger and tension" in which the regionalist is there and does not believe that she "thinks that." "I am absolutely convinced that he wishes he had not uttered those words, which are very unfortunate," she said.

In an interview given to Radio Euskadi, reported by Europa Press, Asiron wanted to "contextualize" Ibarrola's statements, who yesterday, Thursday, stated that "I would never support EH Bildu in exchange for anything, no matter what; I prefer to scrub stairs."

"I think it is not possible for her to think what she said yesterday. I want to contextualize it more in what she was talking about. When things get difficult - it has happened to all of us in some situation in life in which if If we were in the pool we would say that we were losing our footing - then words come out of your mouth that you wouldn't want to have said. I don't think Cristina Ibarrola thinks that. I think she is in a situation right now of very great anger and tension, and I am absolutely persuaded that he would like not to have uttered those words, which are very unfortunate," he noted.

He also pointed out that "yesterday's plenary session had a level of dialectical tension that really was, apart from being very unedifying because there were many eyes on Iruña yesterday, something unprecedented." "There is no explanation," he indicated, after adding that "there were looks, there were comments, almost on a private level, very unpleasant, there were disqualifications, there were insults and this is something that cannot last over time, that is, this soufflé has to go down immediately."

In this sense, he stated that "I will try to talk to everyone." "Until now I have not been able to do it, unfortunately. I have tried to contact Cristina Ibarrola three times, it has not been possible. I understand the frustration, I have also been through similar situations and I know that people suffer," he noted. According to Asiron, "when you have a city project that you want to launch and you see that things don't work out and that in the end there is a motion of censure that takes away the opportunity to continue on that path, that is very hard and I have been through those circumstances." "But of course, that must be overcome," he stressed.

Regarding the statements made by the leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who accused the socialist Pedro Sánchez of having "given" a mayoralty to Otegi, Asiron has assured that "no one here has given us anything." "We have multiplied, we have expanded, election after election, we have been increasing the electoral results," he claimed, after adding that "we are looking in the eyes of UPN, which has always been the first force and which has only lost votes in the same period of time."

"Nobody here has given us anything," Asiron stressed, pointing out that "in a city like Pamplona, ​​where there are 16 progressive councilors and 11 from the right, the democratic abnormality is that during all this time the right in minority".

On the other hand, he stressed that "it is relatively easy to reach agreements, to promote common policies, both with PSN and with Geroa Bai and Contigo-Zurekin, and we have achieved it, and being in the opposition." "Now I don't want to be delusional, but I think that the only thing, in quotes, that needs to be done is to try to prolong those same synergies, those same dynamics. We have a good level of collaboration with the councilors, with the colleagues of PSN, from Geroa, Contigo-Zurekin", he assured.

In response to whether "he is concerned that this legislature is in the hands of Ferraz", Asiron has indicated that "at EH Bildu we have certainly not had to go consult anyone in Madrid, I can attest to that and sign anywhere." "It is very difficult for me to get into the kitchen of others, what I can say is that the negotiation is based on a shared vision that arises here in Pamplona, ​​by and for Pamplona, ​​that has been negotiated in Pamplona, ​​that has not had "has nothing to do with Madrid, and furthermore the completion of this negotiation comes from a shared vision that comes from the last legislature of the Iruña diagnosis and that has been conceived after the investiture of Pedro Sánchez, in other words, it has nothing to do with it," he said. saying.

He has also considered that "the comrades of the PSN have had to endure authentic public stonings these days, they have had to endure very harsh and undeserved words." "I believe that conceiving democracy as a game of good and bad in which you are good while you support me and you are bad when you do not support me, is absolutely a way of seeing children's politics. I am very happy that any councilor of Pamplona can walk down his street without being scolded, without being shouted at, without being told unpleasant things," he stressed. Likewise, he stressed that "I am also very happy" that the members of UPN and PP "were able to leave the City Hall with peace of mind."

Asiron has also ruled on whether this agreement between EH Bildu and PSN is "exportable" to the Basque Autonomous Community. "I don't know, I would like it to be, but obviously that is the policy of the elderly, I am a humble city mayor and that corresponds to other people. My grain of sand is to make this model work as best as possible , like a well-oiled gear, and if later, in the politics of important people, they see that it is an exportable model, then for me it will be immense happiness," he said.

When asked about the graffiti in favor of ETA on the Ulayar house in Etxarri-Aranatz, he stated that "I hope it has been cleaned because that should never have happened." "I have seen graffiti and my children have seen graffiti against their father and I know what it feels like, I know what the family feels," he said, then adding that "those things are very hard and they shouldn't have to have happened and should never have happened.

Regarding whether the ikurriña will fly in the Pamplona City Hall, Asiron has responded that "since I can remember it has always been in the City Hall", sometimes "waving on the municipal mast" and other times "in the street, even chased with batons." ". "What I can guarantee is that the ikurriña is not going to be chased down the street in Pamplona with batons," she pointed out.

Asked about a modification of the Symbols Law, he responded affirmatively. "There is a law of symbols that we have committed to respect as long as it exists. It is not our law of symbols and we will continue to insist that one day it be changed, because we do not agree with it and because we believe that the ikurriña is also a flag that belongs to all the people of Pamplona. Therefore, I respect the law of symbols and that is our commitment, but it is certainly not the panorama that we hope will prevail in the future. One day I hope that we will manage to change that law of symbols", has underlined.

Regarding his first measure, he responded that "right now, the Budgets." "Without budgets there is no capacity for maneuver and once we have the budgets there are several things, they all have to do with social policy, that housing plan that we are very excited about for young people especially," he said, after adding that " "Homelessness has to be the first goal right now."