- Irmandades da Fala
The Irmandades da Fala ("Brotherhood of the Language") was a Galician nationalist organization active between 1916 and 1936.
It was the first political organization of Galicia that only used theGalician language .Origin
Aurelio Ribalta , a Galician writer living inMadrid , called for the protection of theGalician language in 1915. OnJanuary 5 , 1916,Antón Vilar Ponte started a campaign for the establishment of a League of Friends of the Galician Language in the newspaper "La Voz de Galicia " and in March 1916 he published "Galician Nationalism (Notes for a Book): Our Regional Affirmation", where he supported the protection, dignification and use of the Galician language.The proposal was supported by leaders of different ideological persuasions. The most important of these were
Antón Losada Diéguez and theTraditionalists and the Liberal Democrats.Political program
In the congress of November 1918 in the city of
Lugo , they established their program:#Primary objectives:
##Complete autonomy for Galicia.
##Municipal autonomy.
##Entry of Galicia into theLeague of Nations .
##Federal union withPortugal .
#Objectives for Galicia:
##Thelegislative power to be in a Galician Parliament, elected by the people.
##Thejudicial power to always be exercised by the Galician people.
##Galicia to have its owntributary laws , without the intervention of central government.
##Galician and Spanish to be the official languages in Galicia.
##Equal rights for women and men.
##Suppression of theProvincial Deputations .
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