Sumar’s calm assessment of the Catalan elections is not far from the one made last night during the vote count. Despite the decline of two seats – from eight to six – the confederal space justifies its results based on the arithmetic that, through agreements, would make a left-wing government possible.
Given the scenario of negotiations that is now opening, the general coordinator of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, will give full autonomy to the commons. Although, from Madrid, the national executive of the party has already begun to put pressure on the PSC: “It would be a mistake not to work towards the formation of a left-wing tripartite, Salvador Illa cannot govern alone,” they have pointed out to try to provoke “a turn to the left” by the socialist candidate.
This is what Ernest Urtasun said this afternoon after the meeting of the party executive this Monday. Like the vice president, Sumar’s spokesperson has removed the focus from the fact that Yolanda Díaz’s project has once again led to a new electoral defeat (after the Galician and Basque ones) and although it is not the result they would have wanted, as The candidate of the commons, Jéssica Albiach, said yesterday, “those six seats are essential” for there to be a new government of the Generalitat.
For all this, the Minister of Culture also understands that Catalonia wants to open a new stage. “The polls have been clear on this matter. The fact that there is no pro-independence majority makes for a very different Parliament. And we on the left have to agree to articulate that majority of the left. It is a responsibility that we have,” he noted.
Adding, however, will set conditions for the formation of that hypothetical progressive Government. And these involve “modernizing Catalonia” to address the country’s great challenges through green industrialization“; address the climate emergency, and work to guarantee the right to decent housing.”
Urtasun’s appearance took place minutes after the announcement by the acting president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, to abandon the political front line. A decision that Sumar’s spokesperson does not expect will condition the new political horizon opened at the polls: “Regardless of who leads ERC, the message is clear: the left adds,” he insisted.
