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SDLP's more radical wing leaders express disappointment with the way the grand coalition governs

10 May 5676



Oier Errasti, one of the main faces of the factions within the co-governing Social Democratic Labour Party, usually dubbed as the "radicals", expressed his and his faction's disappointment at the current grand coalition between his party and the Kundrati People's Party, as he feels that even though SDLP makes the most effort to address the major issues in the post-legionnary Kundrati, the government at large makes little effort, cooperating with the private sector, which Errasti calls "complicit" in the crimes against humanity during the former regime.

Previously, following the first post-legionnary elections in Kundrati, two parties composing the incumbent government, KPP and SDLP, won 90% of the seats in the Legebiltzarra. As a part of the effort to "clean" the nation from the legionnary plague, the two political forces formed a coalition to lead the nation across the transition period into a more stable democratic rule. While the SDLP took more of a social role in the new cabinet, KPP put itself in charge of law enforcement and the power structures in general, beginning the major purges among the public figures, trying to get rid of all the former vanguardist-legionnaire apparatchiks. While it is too early to say whether it will be successful long-term, at the moment, the nation clearly feels freer of the fascist plague.

At the same time, Errasti is happy about the passing of the very important KRDA and KIDP proposed by his party; however, he says, SDLP must pressure the KPP to make sure the acts are realised accordingly. "If we joined the coalition with herrikoiak in the first place, something which I personally opposed, we must control them, to be truly 'people's' party, and work for the people", Errasti says. According to him, there is a major dissatisfaction with the lack of commitment towards the people across the country, "especially in the south", faction leader points out.

When asked what was the motive to oppose the blue-red coalition of SDLP and KPP, Errasti said: "Look, I don't want to throw any harsh words here, but first, we gave power to the party, which was the primary reason leading to the rise of the Legion to power, and subsequent fascist takeover, taking decades to overthrow, and now we pretend like nothing happened". Later, the leader of the radicals expressed his criticism of the cooperation with the private businesses and corporations: "I don't want my party, or the other one, to gladly sell working Kundratijans for some foreign bribes, which will not improve the lives of our people, but rather will the pockets of elites with money, I don't want that, nor our people". However, Errasti says, the faction is currently in talks with the party leadership to point out its frustrations over the way SDLP is operating within the national government. Regarding any possible split from the party, Errasti said that the faction wants to give a chance to the leadership before taking any rash decisions.



Eguneroko Posta is a left-wing nationwide newspaper in Kundrati, founded in 5289.