Compromís already warned on Monday that, in the coming days, Sumar would carry out acts of reaffirmation in the territories. They weren’t wrong. On Tuesday, twenty-four hours after the poor result in Galicia, Sumar called up to five assemblies in the cities of València, Elx, Alicante, Orihuela and Villena. Meetings that will be held next weekend and the following weekend with the idea of ??”organizing the organizational and political structuring process of the party” in view of the assembly on March 23.
The organizers of these assemblies point out that these are debates “in a national key” to prepare possible amendments to the documents that should structure the new formation. In this way, they try to move the debate away from a possible territorial competition with forces already established in the different territories; In the Valencian case, Sumar sources reiterated yesterday their intention “not to compete electorally with Compromís.”
And, although they admit that the debate on the autonomous structure of Sumar will not take place until autumn, they reiterate that their intention is to fulfill what both parties signed in their day that promised not to face each other in elections.
On Tuesday, Sumar’s spokesperson in Congress, Íñigo Errejón, sent a message of calm to his partners and clarified that Sumar will continue to expand in organic terms, but with “respect” for territorial forces and without entering into “electoral competition” there. where there is a consolidated sister force.
However, the holding of the assemblies – which if observed are more concentrated in Alicante (four of the five calls) – has generated discomfort in Compromís. Coalition sources explain to La Vanguardia that Yolanda Díaz “instead of legitimizing the brand, she is creating her own.” However, they add, this is more of a “strategic error for Sumar than a problem for Compromís.”
Along these lines, they add that they do not understand “what they aspire to achieve when the importance of territorial implementation has become clear after the Galician elections.” “You have to explore the territory and understand it. Ambition is good, but you don’t have to engulf spaces but rather take advantage of synergies,” the same sources point out.
However, Compromís does not rule out that the call for these events could even be “a movement seeking to improve its negotiating position” after the poor result of 18-F. Even more so when it is assumed that Compromís, which did not enter the fight to run for any ministry – as the Comuns or Más Madrid did – will claim a starting position in the European elections.
In fact, this is the only argument that those who now hold the reins of the Valencian coalition have to justify the agreement with Yolanda Díaz in the face of 9-J and refute the internal criticism, increased after last Sunday, from those who consider that “Adding doesn’t add up.”
So much so that on Tuesday, Amparo Piquer, the secretary of Més Compromís (the majority party in Compromís), announced that the proposal for the Europeans would be endorsed in a referendum. An attempt to calm things down.