Belarra announces that Podemos will join Sumar in the general elections on July 23

The General Secretary of Podemos, Ion Belarrahas announced that Can will be present at general election on July 23 with the coalition of Add. He has also warned that Podemos is in danger of not being represented in Congress in the next legislature, which is why he is asking for a “Fair dealand keep negotiating because they don’t accept their ‘number two’ veto.

Belarra has assured that the commitment to Podemos unity is firm, that the decision has been made and that the signing of the purple party into the Sumar coalition is “guaranteed” but has insisted that they will continue to try “get a fair deal“.

“We hope we don’t have to go to the last minute” to register the coalition – the deadline is tonight – but “we do not accept the veto as part of the negotiationsBelarra stressed to conclude that he considers respect for the interlocutors “absolutely essential”.This seems unfair to us” added.

Belarra made this announcement after the conclusion of an internal vote in Podemos, in which militancy has given its approval in charge of getting full powers in negotiations with Sumar and deciding whether or not to join Yolanda Díaz’s coalition.

Specifically, 52,829 registered voted in the referendum, which they showed in favor of 49 089 (92.92%) and by 3568 (6.75%). Similarly, 172 voted blank (0.33%). So, Negotiations continue after the approval of the militancy from Podemos to negotiate whether or not to compete with Sumar.

“Do you accept that the Podemos Coordination Council, according to the unity criteria set by the National Citizens’ Council, negotiates with Sumar and, if appropriate, agrees on an electoral alliance between Podemos and Sumar?“, is the party’s question to its subscribers who voted in the affirmative with an overwhelming majority. The telematic consultation last Friday at 10am.

So far, Sumar has already made pacts and pre-agreements with dragon tree canary, Initiative of the Andalusian people, batzarre, the Aragonese Chunta, Equo Greens, ara more And stake. In addition, the entry of user interface And In Comú Podem is taken for granted and More Madrid It already agreed in a plenary session on Wednesday to support Sumar, but with some conditions, such as keeping his brand in the constituency and having his weight reflected in the lists, in line with 28M results.

Sumar will wear Yolanda Díaz’s face on the ballots

Sumar’s ballots for the July 23 general election will be the image with Yolanda Díaz’s faceleader of the coalition. This strategy is the one that Podemos used back in its days when they printed the photo Pablo Iglesias in the 2014 European elections, the first in which the purple formation took part, and which led to a breakthrough in the institutions and in the political landscape.

He did it later, as leader of Más País, Inigo Errejonin the November 2019 general elections, and in the Madrid City Council and Community elections in May of the same year, when the image of Manuela Carmena And wrong together on the two ballot papers, instead of the formation’s logo, to facilitate identification of the candidacy.