The Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu intends to hold the Basque regional elections during the month of July in anticipation that a new outbreak of Covid-19 may occur next fall. The Lehendakari had advanced the Basque elections on April 5, but the spread of the epidemic forced its suspension without determining when they could be held again. Urkullu has made this unexpected announcement during his appearance in the Basque Parliament.
Urkullu has surprised to announce that he will meet next Thursday April 30 with the Basque parties to announce their intention to call the elections next July. He has warned that according to experts, a re-emergence of Covid-19 may occur in the fall, the date that until now was handled and coincided with the end of the legislature. In addition, he has defended the need for a strong Government and a Basque Parliament constituted as soon as possible to face the following phases of the pandemic.
"Osakidetza as Basque society has responded", said the Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu at the start of his appearance in the Basque Parliament to assess the effect of the pandemic in Euskadi and the management carried out by the Basque Government. A face-to-face meeting of the Permanent Deputation that has begun with a minute of silence in memory of the 1,193 who died by Covid-19. Urkullu has announced that in the last 24 hours there have been 26 new deaths, including the first worker in a nursing home in Vitoria.
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