The general secretary of Podemos, Ione Belarra, has announced this Friday that the purple executive has decided to integrate into the Sumar platform led by Yolanda DÃaz to contest the elections to the Congress of Deputies on July 23 but has asked the second vice presidency of the Government that the veto of the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, be lifted.
“The decision has been made,” announced Belarra, who has asked Yolanda DÃaz for “a fair agreement” after warning that, with the current offer from Sumar’s team -whose ends he has not specified-, Podemos could be left out of the Congress of the Deputies. The general secretary assures that the Sumar team has transmitted to Podemos that “the presence of Irene Montero is an insurmountable obstacle to a unity agreement.”
“Once again we have been asked to sacrifice our main political assetâ€, Belarra said “–in a video appearance, without the press or questions–, alluding to the veto of Pedro Sánchez, in July 2019, to the presence of Pablo Iglesias in an eventual coalition government. Belarra has confessed that he is “saddened that Yolanda [DÃaz] proposes that unity be built from exclusion.”
The executive of Podemos has made this decision after receiving the endorsement of the militancy to resolve the issue in one way or another without any type of hindrance, after a consultation with the militancy that was opened yesterday and which has granted 93% support. to the coordinating council.
Belarra interprets that the more than 3,000 who have voted negatively consider that Podemos is not receiving fair treatment, “I tell you with my heart that a part of me feels that way.”
The leader of Podemos wanted to put the ball in Sumar’s court and has transferred “to Yolanda DÃaz’s team: the signature is guaranteed, but we hope for a fair agreement.” Despite the fact that Belarra has said that “we do not accept any veto”, Podemos sources assure that the party’s signature in Sumar will be with or without Irene Montero.
Thus, Podemos has decided that the final stretch of the negotiation is public, and it will not sign as long as there is no counter offer from Sumar. “We hope we don’t have to go to the last minute.” In other words, except for a new offer from Sumar, we will arrive at the last minute, as happened, with disastrous results, in the Andalusian election candidacy, where Podemos was left out for a few seconds, after delaying its signature until the last moment.
