At 11 in the morning this Saturday, Podemos will celebrate its State Citizen Council, the highest body of the party. At the same time, Izquierda Unida will gather its Federal Coordinator. The messages that the leaders of each party will convey will be the opposite. Except for a last-minute surprise, the general secretary of Podemos, Ione Belarrawill confirm that the purple dome will not attend to the act of Sumar on Sunday in which Yolanda Diaz He will announce his candidacy for the general elections. In contrast, the federal coordinator of UI, Alberto Garzonhe will ask not to see the second vice president a threat”will support the step forward that it is going to take and will vindicate the leading role in his training in Add.
“Faced with a process of opening and renewal, the first temptation of the immersed organizations is usually the defensive and identity withdrawal. It’s understandable, but at UI we choose to approach it as an opportunity and not as a threat”, Garzón will defend this Saturday according to the “draft of the Political Report” that he will present to the Federal Coordinator and to which he has had access THE NEWSPAPER. In the midst of a clash between the leadership of Podemos and Díaz over how the electoral lists for the general elections will be configured, the leader of the IU will claim to “live up to the historic moment.”
From the first moment, Garzón has supported Díaz and this Saturday he will confirm that he will go to Sumar’s act “a very large delegation made up of federal, territorial leaders, militants and supporters”. In this sense, he considers that Sumar is an “opportunity to rebuild the support and alliances broken in recent years”. He is not without reason since the leader of Más País will also attend , Íñigo Errejónthe former deputy of Podemos and leader of Drago, alberto rodriguezor leaders of Compromís.
“We are committed to unity, to add, and we encourage other organizations to do the same: for Sumar to be strong, it will need strong organizations,” the draft continues in a message clearly addressed to Podemos, the only formation to the left of the PSOE whose national leadership does not attend.
The municipalist force
Garzón will also claim the role “fundamental” that IU will play in the construction of Sumar. At a time when the discrepancies between Podemos and Díaz refer to the holding of open primaries to choose the electoral lists, a method that would benefit the purples and give them more weight, the Izquierda Unida leader will make it clear that his organization will be key to the vice president’s platform “be a successful and politically sound project“.
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In the introduction to the ‘Political Report’, Garzón already makes it clear that “a historic process of reconfiguration of forces” is taking place and that IU “is well positioned as the left-wing municipal organization“This argument has also been used by the formation when it comes to measuring its weight with Podemos in the face of making alliances for the regional and local ones of the next 28-M. With the municipal network of the party, Garzón considers that they are playing “an essential backbone role in the process of building Sumar.
The coalition government
The IU leader will also mention the state of the Government with the PSOE and the need to continue promoting key regulations in the months remaining until the general elections: “The coalition has gone through very difficult moments […]. However, it is well located to deploy an ambitious legislative agenda that speeds up compliance with the government’s agreement.” Despite claiming the “stability” of the alliance with the Socialists, Garzón will denounce the “conservative role of the PSOE in many debates that require transforming courage”. In this sense, he will ask to “impose” on his partners the need to intervene in food prices.