The general secretary of Podemos, Ione Belarra, has distanced herself from the Sumar project, emphasizing: “We have signed a coalition, but that does not mean it is the same political project,” and that therefore they are “different parties that seek partially different objectives.”
Podemos has warned that they do not have to make the same decisions as Yolanda Díaz’s party within the framework of Pedro Sánchez’s investiture, suggesting, in an interview on TVE this Thursday, that it would be interesting to “give stability to the future government by incorporating all sensitivities” and that, despite stating that the party has always been “very responsible”, “the ball is in the socialist party’s court” on this issue.
For this reason, the general secretary has regretted not having received any response to the five proposals that her party transmitted to Sánchez: increase transport aid; raise the minimum wage to 1,500 euros; freeze rents throughout the legislature; intervene in the shopping basket to reduce the cost of living, and advance in terms of feminist rights, a point that includes Irene Montero occupying the position of minister of equality.
Along the same lines, Belarra has assured that if the PSOE does not take the legislature seriously and demonstrates the ambition in its policies that, in his opinion, the people, the right, who “did not pass” on July 23, are asking for, “they are going to end up passing”, highlighting that the majority of the left has been lost. Also on this point he has distanced himself from Sumar, and has claimed that “We can’s way of doing politics is what truly transforms.”
The leader of Podemos has also attacked the acting Government for its decision-making in foreign policy and specifically in the face of the crisis in the Middle East. Belarra has assured that “it is a mistake that the majority party assumes all powers in such important issues” and has demanded “justice and an end to the genocide” that, in her opinion, Isarel is carrying out in Palestine.
For this reason, he has asked for courage at a time when Spain can “exercise leadership” by holding the presidency of the Council of the European Union, to set an “example to the world”, something that Belarra believes “is not being taken advantage of.” . He has also reiterated his request to break relations with Israel and impose economic sanctions on his prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his ministers, with the arms embargo, because, according to the party’s general secretary, “we are risking what we are.”
