Sumar incorporates Esperanza Gómez and Xabel Vegas into its coordination group and completes the dissolution of Más País

Movimiento Sumar, the party created by Yolanda Díaz to channel her political project, has unanimously incorporated two regional deputies from what was Más País into its Coordination Group, the highest body between assemblies, this Saturday. These are the Andalusian Esperanza Gómez and the Asturian Xabel Vegas, who from now on will be part of the political leadership of Movimiento Sumar and who, with their incorporation, put an end to the process of dissolution of the party founded by Íñigo Errejón to run for office. general elections of November 2019 Más País and which began a year ago.

Fuentes de Sumar, which this Saturday will formally convene its assembly for this fall, considers both signings as “important in terms of organizational reinforcement.” In the case of Vegas, which was part of the now defunct Más País Asturias and is now integrated into the Convocatoria por Asturies, the objective is for Movimiento Sumar to have a presence in the Principality and to organize itself there for future electoral events.

The incorporation of Gómez has a similar purpose. Thus, Movimiento Sumar emphasizes that they maintain Esther Gil de Reboleño, the Cadiz native who is part of the Congress Board, as an Andalusian reference. But these sources highlight Gómez’s “good parliamentary work” in the Andalusian Parliament and consider her key to the formation of a “future coalition” of the left in the face of the next Andalusian elections.

At this Saturday’s meeting it was also approved to incorporate MEP Estrella Galán, who led Sumar’s candidacy in the European elections in June, into the Coordination Group. And also to José Mejías, responsible for the match in Cádiz.

The construction of the party

After the poor result of 9J, Yolanda Díaz announced her resignation as organic leader of Sumar, the coalition of 15 parties with which the entire space to the left of the PSOE attended the 2023 general elections. It was then when the team closest to Díaz considered the need to return to a conventional coalition model, in which the minister’s project was “just another party” and recovered the name of Movimiento Sumar, so that it would be differentiated from the coalition.

The autumn assembly approved this Saturday will precisely seek to consolidate the broad front and will outline the project as a party. One of the pending tasks is the replacement of Yolanda Díaz as leader, after her resignation in June, resolved temporarily by a collegiate leadership that will function until the next congress.

That leadership is made up of four people he trusts: Lara Hernández, Secretary of Organization; Elizabeth Duval, in charge of communication; Txema Guijarro, as liaison with Congress where he is general secretary of the parliamentary group; and Rosa Martínez, to do the same with Sumar’s paw in the Government, where she is Secretary of State for Social Rights, in the Ministry of Pablo Bustinduy.

With the incorporation of Gómez and Vegas to the Coordination Group, it is also intended to complete the dissolution of the Más País subsidiaries in the different territories and their integration into Movimiento Sumar. Just a year ago, Íñigo Errejón’s party began this political process to put its positions, members and organizational structure at the disposal of the second vice president’s new party.

This movement has not affected Más Madrid, the party headed by the Minister of Health, Mónica García, and which remains an independent force.