Sumar closes an agreement with Izquierda Unida while advancing with the rest of the parties. This was announced by the IU coordinator, Alberto Garzón, with a tweet this Friday. “I want to communicate that we have reached an agreement with Sumar to compete in the next general elections.”
Compromís agrees to present itself to the general elections with Sumar with its own brand and autonomy
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In the negotiation IU obtains: 1 for Córdoba and Málaga, 2 for Seville, 1 for Tarragona and 3 for Valencia. In this case, the safest positions, in case of repeating the results of 2019, would be the Andalusians.
“First of all,” Garzón stated, “we state that the IU will have deputies in the future parliamentary group who will work autonomously and in coordination with the rest of the group.”
“Secondly, the compañera and spokesperson Sira Rego, who represents the federal organization, has given up running in these elections to facilitate the presence of compañeros from other territories on the lists,” Garzón writes in his Twitter message: ” It has been a gesture of generosity that once again highlights the philosophy of our organization regarding the collective project. Our formation has the largest organizational extension and institutional presence of all those that make up the space, and this will be essential in the future of the left”.
Indeed, IU would go from having number 3 in the general elections of November 2019 -then for Enrique Santiago- to having 9 for Madrid, a position that would only enter Congress if the current representation of the United confederal group is improved Can.
About the agreement with SUMAR: pic.twitter.com/Upkp6ovE6o
— Alberto Garzón? (@agarzon) June 9, 2023
Garzón also affirms: “We want to contribute so that Sumar can be as soon as possible a comfortable space for both citizens and organizations to participate, with democratic mechanisms, transparency and fraternity. There’s a long way to go.”
Finally, the IU leader says: “I want to apologize to the public for the noise caused in this process. Nobody deserves this, and from IU we are convinced that things can be done in a different and much better way”.
With the United Left, Sumar has already reached eight agreements for a joint candidacy for the general elections. The Proyecto Drago de Alberto Rodríguez, which reserves a position for Tenerife, the Chunta Aragonesista, which will head the list of Zaragoza, the Navarrese Batzarre, the Balearic AraMés, Iniciativa del Pueblo Andaluz and in the last few hours commitment
However, there is still a need for Más Madrid, the comuns and Podemos to finish closing their respective agreements, which could come out in the next few hours since Sumar’s will is not to exhaust the minutes to reach the legal deadline for registration of the coalitions, this Friday at midnight.
The most difficult part of the negotiation is Podemos, which this Friday has stated that it will sign the agreement but that it will seek to the limit a fair pact and without “vetoes”. The party’s general secretary, Ione Belarra, has stated that Yolanda Díaz’s negotiating team has informed them that the presence of the Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, on the lists is an obstacle to unity, something that Podemos does not want to accept .
