It was a day full of surprises.
Or maybe not.
There was a price to be paid for the Ibarretxe Plan.
There was a price to be paid for being remiss when it came to defending the rights of those that are the choice targets for Madrid's repression.
And today Juan José Ibarretxe had to face the checks and balances of his last four years as the head of the Basque Autonomous Government.
There is only one clear winner in the election, and that is the will of the Basque nation. Once again they go peacefully to the polls and they speak their voice one vote at a time.
The PP took a beating, obviously the last few years of arrogance and refusal to negotiate pushed quite a few Spaniards to switch sides to the PSOE. The PP could see this coming, and for a while now they have been saying that they will throw their support behind Patxi Lopez, the PSOE's candidate to Lehendakari (who by the way already stated that he will not be vice Lehendakari to Ibarretxe).
If Patxi decides that he really wants to be Lehendakari and actually accepts the support of the PP, he will have a shot at it, but in the mean time he will let everyone know that as a politician he is very willing to go to bed with the devil, if that means he can hinder the Basque dream of self-determination.
The PNV got 29 seats, a loss of 4 from the results in the last election. IU was able to hold to its 3 seats and Aralar, present for the first time, got 1.
That gives Ibarretxe a total of 33 seats.
Patxi's party got 19 seats, and San Gil (y pollas) is ready to donate her own 14 seats, which makes it a tie to 33 seats.
To come up with a Lehendakari someone needs majority.
And who is the deal breaker?
EHAK, who got 9 seats thanks to its own votes, and those of the voiceless, plus quite a few from the disenchanted by Ibarretxe's unability to be more consistent with his campaign promises.
There will be a lot of negotiations, one thing though, the media has been saying that Ibarretxe's plan to wrestle more autonomy from Madrid suffered a set back because of all the votes that what is being called a "radical pro-independence party" obtained.
Now, if there was ever a non sequitur.
Or maybe not.
There was a price to be paid for the Ibarretxe Plan.
There was a price to be paid for being remiss when it came to defending the rights of those that are the choice targets for Madrid's repression.
And today Juan José Ibarretxe had to face the checks and balances of his last four years as the head of the Basque Autonomous Government.
There is only one clear winner in the election, and that is the will of the Basque nation. Once again they go peacefully to the polls and they speak their voice one vote at a time.
The PP took a beating, obviously the last few years of arrogance and refusal to negotiate pushed quite a few Spaniards to switch sides to the PSOE. The PP could see this coming, and for a while now they have been saying that they will throw their support behind Patxi Lopez, the PSOE's candidate to Lehendakari (who by the way already stated that he will not be vice Lehendakari to Ibarretxe).
If Patxi decides that he really wants to be Lehendakari and actually accepts the support of the PP, he will have a shot at it, but in the mean time he will let everyone know that as a politician he is very willing to go to bed with the devil, if that means he can hinder the Basque dream of self-determination.
The PNV got 29 seats, a loss of 4 from the results in the last election. IU was able to hold to its 3 seats and Aralar, present for the first time, got 1.
That gives Ibarretxe a total of 33 seats.
Patxi's party got 19 seats, and San Gil (y pollas) is ready to donate her own 14 seats, which makes it a tie to 33 seats.
To come up with a Lehendakari someone needs majority.
And who is the deal breaker?
EHAK, who got 9 seats thanks to its own votes, and those of the voiceless, plus quite a few from the disenchanted by Ibarretxe's unability to be more consistent with his campaign promises.
There will be a lot of negotiations, one thing though, the media has been saying that Ibarretxe's plan to wrestle more autonomy from Madrid suffered a set back because of all the votes that what is being called a "radical pro-independence party" obtained.
Now, if there was ever a non sequitur.
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