The plenary session of the Municipal Council of Marín (Pontevedra) agreed this Thursday to give the green light at the start of the file to appoint Princess Leonor de Borbón y Ortiz as local adopted daughterdespite the rejection of the BNG. If this were the case, the Princess of Asturias would become the first woman to whom the Town Hall grants this distinction.
The mayor, María Ramallo, had emphasized before the plenary session that Marín had a strong established link with the Royal House because it is the seat of the Naval Military School, where the princess, as her father did in his time, King Felipe VI (who also has this recognition), carries out part of his military training.
“This link marks his entire career, as well as what unites it with other cities in which it was formed and will be formed”, declared the city councilor, who maintained that as a Municipal Council “it is a source of pride, as was the case in his time with the current king, to be able to grant this distinction”.
According to reports Europe Pressthe file will be published on the Town Hall notice board and on the electronic headquarters for public consultation, after which it will be definitively approved. Subsequently, the file will be definitively approved and A date will be set for the nomination ceremonyan act which, as he indicated, is “very important to the city council.”
“Being able to participate in a successful academy like the Naval Academy, which is also a campus of the University of Vigo, just like the princess and all her classmates do It is a privilege that is obtained with great effort and academic dedication.“, added the city councilor.
“We don’t see ourselves reflected”
During the plenary session, the local spokesperson of the BNG, Lucía Santos, justified the rejection of this proposal by her party and argued that “All sailors” do not feel identified with this decision that the popular and the socialists supported.
“We are part of a good number of Marinens who do not see themselves reflected in this proposal. It will come as no surprise to anyone that the BNG is a nationalist, secular and republican organization.. “Our rejection of the imposition of the Bourbon dynasty by Franco and the consecration of an anachronistic monarchy never subject to popular control is public,” he maintained.
At the same time, he affirmed that the Bloc had among its principles the “active fight against all forms of discrimination” and asked to verify whether, in view of the regulations on distinctions, “illegality” is being committed.
He recalled the arguments put forward by the BNG in 1986 to vote against this distinction for the father of Princess Leonor and affirmed that the nationalists had “nothing against” the young woman, but They do not consider him to have any “merit” beyond his circumstantial time in the city..
The mayor defends the legality of the regulation
“We could, for example, propose recognition of all the people who have lost their lives at sea. It would be a reason for pride and respect.. But now, as we voted against it in 1986, we will do it again for our ideals,” he said.
For her part, the mayor defended the legality of the regulation, with which “many” adopted and favorite children were named, “many voted for the BNG”. He also did not want to engage in other “controversies” and concluded that the most popular would be “in full homage to those who died at sea”, for example. “But at the moment we are not addressing a generic problem,” he concluded.
