Carlos Garaikoetxea Ajuria Enea will host the President's burning chapel this Wednesday
The coffin will then be taken to the cemetery in Pamplona, his hometown, where the funeral will be held, thus giving the last farewell to the first president of democracy.
This Wednesday, Ajuria Enea will host the burning chapel of Carlos Garaikoetxea, the first president of democracy , who diedlast Monday at the age of 87 in his hometown of Pamplona.
The Basque Government has decreed three days of official mourning for his death, and the official flags are half-hung.
This will be the last farewell.
A large representation of the Basque society will travel to Vitoria-Gasteiz, to the palace of Ajuria Enea, to bid its last farewell to Carlos Garaikoetxea, who will be attended by the last three presidents, the president of the Basque Parliament and the members of the Bureau. In addition to the main politicians, a large number of citizens are expected to come to pay tribute to what has been essential in the construction of modern Euskadi.
- 09:30 President Imanol Pradales receivesthe remains of Carlos Garaikoetxea and his family. Six agents will carry the coffin from the car inside Ajuria Enea while the band plays the anthem of Euskadi.
- 10:00-14: 00 The burning chapel will be installed in Ajuria Enea and will be visited by all who wish to do so. At the end, six officers will take the coffin from Ajuria Enea to the funeral car to head to the cemetery in Pamplona.
- 17:00 The event will take place in the privacy ofthe family.
- 19:30 Funeral in the parishof San Francisco Javier de Pamplona.
This Tuesday, President Imanol Pradales praised the figure of Carlos Garaikoetxea as "architect of self-government "and" architect of the revival of Basque identity and well-being. "He also stressed that he wasa "pragmatic" lehendakari, but also a "dreamer" who dreamed of "a free Euskadi."
It did so by means of an institutional declaration at a public hearing attended by the Basque Government Councillors, who had previously observed a minute's silence.
Extensive monitoring of EITB
At 09:55, ETB1 will change its morning schedule to follow the burning chapel of Vitoria-Gasteiz. At 11:00, the En Jake program will begin half an hour earlier than usual, with a special with Leire Torre and Dani Álvarez.
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