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The PNV has approved its statutes for the next four years to "strengthen and activate" militancy participation

The jeltzales have met today in Vitoria-Gasteiz to approve the new PNV Patriotic Statutes, incorporating a series of new measures to encourage participation, such as consultations to gather the opinion of party members on specific issues, and the creation of a PNV follower figure, as well as defining protocols and guidelines for the defence of the Basque Country and equality.
Jeltzale General Assembly meeting. Photo: PNV

The PNVhas today defined its "road map" for the next four years with the adoption of the new party statutes. Jeltzales have held the second and final meeting of the 9th General Assembly at the Palacio Europa in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where they have approved new lines that "reformulate and streamline" the internal organization of the party.

The president of the Araba Buru Batzar (ABB), Jone Berriozabal, stressed on the eve of the meeting that "today is a very important day for the PNV, because we will put an end to a year of fruitful reflection and participation." In her view, the new statutes "will speed up the structures, processes and internal deadlines" of the party.

Non-binding consultations

The EBB, at its first meeting in March in San Sebastián, received the mandate of the 9th General Assembly to renew its statutes and prepared the report "A democratic institution", a draft to which 1,000 amendments were subsequently made, 70% of which have been approved and agreed by compromise, all of which have been approved today by the new Aberri Statute.

With these statutes, they have sought to"improve the channels and forms of participation" of the members of the PNV in order to "facilitate a more agile and effective militancy", adapting it to current reality and incorporating digitization into these processes.

In this way, non-binding direct consultations between the militancy on the issues proposed by the EBB are planned in a telematic manner, and in order to open channels of participation and communication, a "partisan" entity will be set up, providing for the figure of supporters who wish to be linked to the PNV, with whom different mechanisms of relationship will be established.

It has also been agreed that the territorial Board of Heads and the renewal of the Euzkadi Buru Batzar (EBB) should be shorter: they will be held within a maximum period of 30 days (so far they were very long; the process of appointing Aitor Esteban to the head of the PNV, for example, has lasted six months). 

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