:51:31
Founder of Elkarri,
:51:34
(social movement for peace,
dialogue and agreement)
:51:39
Former president of Bayonne
Chamber of Commerce. Businessman
:51:44
Elkarri is a call to society
:51:46
to make it more aware
of what it needs and what it wants.
:51:50
Uselessly beautiful.
:51:52
I think it's beautiful
but useless.
:51:54
Human rights come first,
:51:55
especially the right to life
and to non-violence.
:51:58
That's fundamental.
:52:01
It is the idea of Elkarri
that is being persecuted,
:52:04
and not its ideas as such.
:52:06
The peace conference doesn't bring
political forces together.
:52:10
It brings together
moderators whom they trust
:52:12
and who draw up draft proposals
for an agreement.
:52:15
The citizens have given
legitimacy, responsibility
:52:20
and the duty
of solving the problem
:52:23
to the political parties.
:52:24
We shouldn't leave the solution
of our problems to other people.
:52:28
That would be totally irresponsible.
:52:30
Then those proposals are
put to the political parties,
:52:33
all of whom are participating,
including the Socialist Party,
:52:36
but not the PP.
:52:38
Elkarri can help, undoubtedly,
:52:40
but the final solution has to come
from the political parties
:52:44
and from the governments.
:52:46
Elkarri is some 20 years ahead
of the needs of a civil society,
:52:52
because if there isn't
a strong civil society
:52:55
you'll have to fasten
your seatbelt
:52:58
because it'll be horrendous.