Reversal of Podemos Catalunya in the face of the May 12 elections. The Catalan brand of the purple party has decided not to participate in these elections despite having even started the primary process to elect its candidate. The decision, announced this Wednesday by the party led by Conchi Abellán, responds to his desire “not to collaborate in the fragmentation of the left, since this only benefits the right and the extreme right.”
Podem’s resignation from these elections comes at a crucial moment for the formation at the state level, which has placed all its hopes in the European elections. Furthermore, in Catalonia they had an unflattering outlook after the break with Sumar, a fact that made it practically unfeasible to reissue the alliance with Catalunya en Comú from each to the 12-M meeting. Although Podem even explored a possible alliance with other Catalan parties, such as ERC and the CUP, none of these parties agreed to the pact.
“From the management of Podemos Catalunya, together with the State management, these days we have had to make very complex decisions,” says the statement published this Wednesday, which in this case leads them to carry out “an exercise of responsibility towards the Catalan citizens.” ” through this waiver. In the same statement they hide behind the limited time that the new leadership has had to “reinforce and structure Podemos”, especially in a context of a double electoral date. This situation “does not allow us to deploy the capacity and political and organizational impact” necessary to attend.
Given this decision, Podemos Catalunya chooses to dedicate “all the resources and forces” to the European elections, and that is why it launches a consultation with the militancy so that they endorse the decision or not. “Do you support the decision of the leadership of Podemos Catalunya and Podemos to continue building a stronger Podemos, with a thousand feet on the street and to become a reference in Catalonia to be useful to all the people who need us?”, the question reads.
