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Chivite has denied that the extra cost of Belate's works responds to political intentions

The President of Navarre appeared this Friday before the Foral Regime Committee of the Navarre Parliament and explained that the Foral Government wants the works to continue and be completed.
PAMPLONA, 09/01/2026.- La presidenta del Gobierno de Navarra María Chivite durante su intervención tras la toma de posesión de Javier Remírez e Inmaculada Jurío como vicepresidente primero y consejero de Presidencia e Igualdad y como consejera de Interior, Función Pública y Justicia del Gobierno de Navarra, respectivamente en un acto celebrado en el Palacio de Navarra presidido por . Ambos, miembros de la Ejecutiva del PSN-PSOE, regresan al Gobierno Foral tras la decisión de la presidenta de Navarra de cesar a Félix Taberna y Amparo López con el objetivo, según ha indicado la propia María Chivite, de "preservar la estabilidad y afrontar con un nuevo impulso político y de gestión el último tramo de la presente legislatura”. EFE/ Jesús Diges
Maria Chivite, president of Navarre. Stock Photo: EFE

The President of Navarre,Maria Chivite , has denied that the extra costs included in the modification of the works of the Belate tunnels are in line with political aspirations.

This was assured this Friday by  in theForal Regime Committee of the Navarre Parliament, together withtheEconomic and Finance Adviser, Jose Luis Arasti , and the Territorial Cohesion Adviser , Oscar Chivite .

"Thus, the suspension that can be managed in various ways in the administration, we had the opportunity to suspend it at a government session and we did not. It would have been legal, but that does not show that there is no political participation in the entire tunnel procedure or any decision that can be considered favourable to a company or an UTE," he said.

The President of Navarre reiterates that the Foral Government wants the works to continue and be completed, as agreed in 2019, to ensure safer circulation and to comply with European regulations. In this regard, she recalls that this is a complex infrastructure and that budgetary changes and deviations are common in this type of work, as happened in UPN governments in similar activities.

In this context, Chivitehas stressed that the only decision he has taken as President has been political and strategic: "To promote works to put an end to more than a decade of non-compliance with the European directive on safety in tunnels."

That is why the Socialist spokeswoman, Ainhoa Unzu , has criticised the fact that the UPN governments' left the problem to others and made no decision ', before stressing that the Socialists' intention is' to complete the infrastructure '.

For her part, EH Bildu's spokeswoman, Laura Aznal , has said that "if UPN's goal is to create a parallel commission of inquiry, it is succeeding." "The intervention report seemed solid," she said, explaining that they will not agree to pay a single public euro that does not support it.

Pablo Azconareaffirms the position of the\u00A0 (Geroa Bai) coalition and stresses that "admitting mistakes does not weaken, but strengthens, transparency strengthens the relationship with partners."

Javier Garcia of thePP  has lamented that, on the contrary, "the government has not told the truth in explaining the facts."

Javier Esparza, spokesman for UPN, has also asked how much the new change will cost and has described the previous one as "fraud." "The TEU got the score because it said it would be done in a way and then made the change. It's an unreal project," he criticized.

On behalf of the Contigo-Zurekin coalition, Miguel Garridohas said that this committee is not asking for explanations, but "for UPN to expand its account."

Likewise, Vox Emilio Jimenezhas stated that "resignation" is the only solution left to the president.

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