March 3 The victims of the association will leave the Memorial "if participation is not guaranteed"
The March 3 Association regrets that it has not received any assurances as to how to maintain the signed agreement and that no follow-up committee has been convened to extend the agreement. "If the agreement is not complied with, the Memorial has no cause for the victims," the association warns.
The victims of March 3 will leave the Memorial "if the agreement is not respected and the participation of those who have kept the memory of March 3 alive for decades is not guaranteed." In a statement, they stress that without their participation, this project to create a memorial space in the Zaramaga church in Vitoria "has no reason to be".
On 3 March and the Gogora Institute signed a cooperation and advisory agreement, one of the conditions for approving the statutes of the Memorial Foundation on 3 March and for the participation of representatives of victims' associations in the Board.
"The Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Álava, the City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz and the Diocese have three members, while the Association of Victims and Memoria Gara have only two members," stresses the association in relation to this body, which regrets that the victims have only 25% representation (4 seats out of 16).
On 3 March and Memoria Gara decided to join the Board of Trustees and linked their participation to the implementation of the Cooperation and Advisory Agreement for the creation of the Memorial on 3 March, which "constitutes an effective instrument and a stable working framework that gives victims the minimum capacity to participate and influence the design of a project aimed at them".
In this regard, the association has stressed that over the years it has made it possible to develop lines of work and research coordinated by historian Julen Diaz de Argote , with a total of 187 interviews with victims.
It has also made it possible to collect more than 50 items donated to the March 3 association in connection with the massacre, as well as to consult the historical archives. The association has explained that the agreement has had a budget line of EUR 35 000 in 2024 and 2025, and that the fourth clause also provides for the possibility of extending its validity to four more years, that is, until 31 December 2028. "The open lines of work and research have not been completed, let alone the Basque Government has unilaterally eliminated the budget line for 2026."
In this regard, the Victims' Association regrets that it has not received any guarantees as to how to maintain the agreement signed and that no follow-up committee has been convened to extend the agreement. "If the Memorial fails to comply with the agreement, it has no cause for the victims, and consequently the association will leave the Board of the Memorial Foundation on 3 March."
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