La Farga de l’Hospitalet de Llobregat became one of the most important foundries in Spain during the last century. In fact, in the current fair complex and shopping center, there is still some auxiliary chimney from industrial activity that was dismantled in the 80s after intense neighborhood protests. From there, the commons and Sumar merged this Sunday in a message: the next elections to the Parliament of Catalonia will also serve to defend the coalition government against the “reactionary wave.”
With President Pedro Sánchez weighing its continuity, the second vice president of the Government, Yolanda Díaz, recalled that “this reactionary wave was already born in Aznar’s time.” “On July 23 they told us that the right would sweep and we said no. On 12-M we have to say it again,” proclaimed the leader of Sumar. “I tell you that we are here, that we have more strength, and I tell you that Spain is mobilizing not to save a party, not to save a government but to continue gaining rights. “They are not going to break us,” she added to ask for a “democratic tsunami” of votes and embrace the Comuns Sumar candidate for the presidency of the Generalitat, Jéssica Albiach.
The leader of the commons defended that the vote for her formation will also serve to “defend the state government.” “Yolanda, I ask you to resist, we must go further. We need a government to defend the popular classes,” she said, addressing the vice president. second. “We will not surrender, as we did not surrender during the Franco regime, as the PSUC, CC.OO., women did not surrender until they could vote and the LGTBI collective,” Albiach said.
Before about 300 people, the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, previously elaborated on the same issue: “If it bothers you to have a left-wing government, now you will have two,” he predicted. “We are going on the offensive against the reactionary wave to continue gaining rights,” he added. The number three of the commons, Andrés García Berrio, praised the Government and Yolanda Díaz: “Their policies have improved the life of my family and I am sure that they have also improved that of many families in l’Hospitalet and Catalonia,” he assured.
The event, initially planned outdoors but in the end relocated to an auditorium due to the threat of rain, was presented by the deputy in the Parliament and councilor in l’Hospitalet, Núria Lozano. “The Government is suffering a hunt that has not started now. But we are the common people and we are not afraid,” she insisted. “We are the second city of Catalonia, but the Generalitat treats us like a second-class city,” she said when welcoming us.
When the second vice president of the Government arrived at l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, a girl approached her. She gave him a drawing, a portrait of Yolanda Díaz that the Sumar leader took. Although the Sumar brand is not going through its best moment after the elections in the Basque Country and Galicia, the common people understand that the figure of Díaz can arouse enthusiasm and attract votes in Catalonia. That is why her presence is planned on at least two occasions during the electoral campaign, coinciding with the most popular events, which are held on weekends.
