Accepting a result of zero deputies in the Galician elections has motivated Podemos to open “deep reflection” although in the analysis the day after, and even having obtained fewer votes than the animalist party Pacma, there has not been much self-criticism. To the point that the first conclusions are focused on improving and recovering the connection with citizens. And not so much to analyze their electoral program or the convenience of breaking with Sumar despite the fact that there was a pre-agreement to go together to the Galician elections.
“Obviously we have to reflect,” said Podemos’ organizational secretary. Pablo Fernández has indicated as the cause of his results that “the progressive electorate has made an effort to concentrate the vote” in the BNG. And furthermore, “many people are abstaining”, so we need to “hit the key” to get “excited” again, he stressed after garnering just 0.26% of the vote.
Fernández has justified that Podemos ran a campaign “with few resources and few means” and that it was the first time that they presented themselves with their brand, which on other occasions was “diluted” in coalitions, and has not attributed the bad result to the lack of agree to attend jointly with Sumar or other parties. In that sense, he has pointed out that “any other formula would not have been enough to change the government either.”
Nor has he considered a coalition necessary for the next Basque elections, although he has stressed that the decision corresponds to the leaders of the formation in Euskadi, with the guidelines set by the militancy.
He highlighted the “territorial roots” and “grassroots work” that Elkarrekin Podemos has, something that, he added, “perhaps” was lacking in Galicia.
Fernández has also reiterated that Podemos has to stop talking about itself, about the issues of its political space, and concentrate on “what interests people”, such as housing, public transport and the price of food.
“Having been talking about the amnesty for six months is not helpful,” said the number three of Podemos, a radical party in the sense that they go “to the root of the problems.”
In his opinion, in Spain “it is essential that there is a transformative left-wing party” and what they need is to “get a message right” with “clear proposals” to “manage to mobilize”, since “many people remain abstained” .
