Agueda Micó This Thursday he became the first Valencian MP to intervene in Congress with his own language. “This intervention means a lot for people who speak languages other than Spanish,” the Compromís-Sumar MP began from the gallery of the lower house. We are all talking” from people in five autonomous communities and three European states”.
Micó made his debut in the lower house and did so as deputy speaker of the multinational Sumar group. He did this in his native Valencian language in discussions on the reform of regulations that would allow the use of official languages in autonomous communities, including Valencian, both in plenary sessions and in committees. articles. The reform went ahead despite votes against it from the PP and Vox.
Comprom’s parliamentarian stated that language “is a way of seeing and understanding the world” and said, “Today, I am not the only one speaking, everyone who has been discriminated against or even attacked is speaking.” In this sense, he stated that he did not go to the podium alone, but that he was accompanied by “thousands of people who have worked, fought and given everything for our language throughout history.”
Thus, he wanted to pay tribute to “thousands of teachers who devoted their lives to loving, caring and growing our language” and “to mothers and fathers who passed on their most precious treasures to future generations.” “Thousands of volunteers work every day to make Valencian the language of the future. “Valencian is a language that welcomes newcomers and embraces diversity,” he said.
Compromí’s deputy criticized the PP and Vox for “curbing” democratic advances and rejected the claim that the practice was costly, emphasizing, among other things, that “corruption is expensive, guaranteeing rights is never expensive.” Likewise, he made fun of the fact that the PP MP was joking. Borja Semper He was criticized by some sections of his party for using some expressions in Basque when considering the reform of the statute, to which he said: “As Rajoy said: Borja, be strong”
“In Sumar, we are a multinational parliamentary group like the state, pluralism is normal,” Micó said, adding that this multinationality “is normal on the streets and should also be normal in institutions.” “This is what democracy means,” he continued, “to guarantee the rights and representation of all citizens.”