Egibar Says No

Seems like no one wants to hold what thanks to Imaz's wrongdoings has become quite a hot potato, this note appeared at EITb:

Politics
Vote within the PNV

Egibar will not stand for the presidency of the PNV

09/19/2007

Joseba Egibar, president of the PNV in the province of Gipuzkoa and candidate to the presidency of the party four years ago, thinks the current situation within the party leads to an agreement on the candidate.

Leader of the Basque nationalist party PNV in Gipuzkoa Joseba Egibar will not stand in the party's vote to appoint a new president in the Basque Country, Basque TV station ETB announced on Tuesday.

In a PNV meeting, Egibar told the other members of the party he was not standing in the next vote to elect the new president as "the agreement on the party's policies, strategy and composition of the party's board leads irrevocably to a new agreement on the candidate".

Joseba Egibar and Josu Jon Imaz stood for the presidency of the PNV four years ago, which lead to in-fighting within the party.

The leader of the PNV Josu Jon Imaz said last week's Wednesday he was quitting politics. Josu Imaz said in a statement he hoped his decision to leave the presidency of the Basque Nationalist Party would help unite the group.

Media reports say there could be an agreement on Bizkaian PNV leader Iñigo Urkullu as the candidate to the presidency of the party.

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