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Chivite sees an electoral twist on Geroa Bai after saying they were "more concerned than entering" from the Belate construction meeting

The President of Navarre was surprised and surprised by the statements made by Geroa Bai following yesterday's meeting of government partners last night to discuss the state of the tunnels in Belate, where her spokesman, Pablo Azcona, said she was "more concerned than going in."

PAMPLONA, 14/09/2026.- Los grupos que sustentan al Gobierno de Navarra han reclamado este lunes una solución urgente que permita garantizar la continuidad de las obras de duplicación de los túneles de Belate con plena seguridad jurídica y sin un coste adicional injustificado para las arcas públicas. Representantes de PSN, Geroa Bai y Contigo-Zurekin se han reunido con el Gobierno foral para conocer la situación de las obras y las alternativas que se estudian después de que quedara descartada la posibilidad de abonar mediante la figura del enriquecimiento injusto unos sobrecostes por valor de 8,5 millones de euros. Geroa Bai ha sido el grupo más duro con la acción del Gobierno y su portavoz, Pablo Azcona, ha asegurado haber salido de su reunión con el Ejecutivo "más preocupado" de lo que había entrado, ante una obra que considera "trascendental" y que se encuentra en una situación de "impás". En la imagen, la presidenta de Navarra, María Chivite, y el consejero de Cohesión Territorial, Oscar Chivite, tras finalizar la reunión en el Parlamento foral. EFE/Villar López
The President of Navarre, María Chivite, and the Territorial Cohesion Adviser, Oscar Chivite, have met in the Navarre Parliament to discuss the state of the works in Belate.

The President of the Navarre Government, María Chivite, has seen an electoral tone in Geroa Bai's position after she said that the members of the government had left the meeting "more concerned than entering" to analyse the situation of the tunnels in Belate. Chivite said that at the internal meeting Geroa Bai had not expressed this concern that had subsequently appeared before the media, and she was surprised by the words of her spokesman, Pablo Azcona.

On Monday, the three groups supporting the government — PSN, Geroa Bai and Contigo-Zu — held a meeting to discuss the state of the works in Belate and to put on the table possible alternatives, in which the partners called for an urgent solution for the executive to carry out the work with full legal certainty and at no additional cost.

However, Geroa Bai has been the toughest; Azcona has pointed out that she has emerged from the meeting "more concerned than entering" with an infrastructure that she considers essential and currently suspended. In response to this deadlock and the opposition's request, the Bureau of Parliament has set an emergency hearing for this Wednesday in which Chivite will give details of the work, which is currently out of business.

Chivite: "There's nothing closed"

With regard to the technical future of the infrastructure, Maria Chivite has said that there is still "nothing closed" and that the Foral Government has opened talks both with the UTE to which the work has been assigned and with the Legal Advisory Office of the Government of Navarre. In this regard, she has firmly stated that the Administration will only guarantee legal channels.

The Chief Executive has defended the 'transparency' of his management and stressed that Geroa Bai has been aware of each of the reports prepared so far and has recalled the 'political will' and urgent need to break down the tunnels in Belate, a priority infrastructure whose development is closely monitored by the European Commission because it is an issue that has been dragging on since 2004 for non-compliance with a European directive.

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