Montero, concerned about Díaz's lack of commitment, says that there are voices that push her not to agree with Podemos

He gives the example of Errejón when he left Podemos and set up Más País, believing that he was going to have more electoral support

MADRID, 5 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister for Equality and leader of Podemos, Irene Montero, this Wednesday followed the line of the leader of the purple formation, Ione Belarra, by showing concern about the "doubts" or the absence of a "resounding" commitment that she sees in Yolanda Díaz when signing a coalition agreement with Sumar for the general elections, at the same time that he has assured that there are "voices" that are pushing the vice president of the Government so that she does not agree with Podemos.

At Podemos "we are concerned about these doubts or this lack of resounding commitment to unity, but that will not alter our commitment to it and that we continue to have our hand extended to make a coalition agreement between Podemos and Sumar", Montero emphasized in an interview with Radiocable, collected by Europa Press.

Montero, who has indicated that in Podemos they do have "unity", has said he is concerned above all about Díaz's statements in which he assures that it would not be a failure if Podemos and Sumar did not go together in a candidacy for the general elections.

Those words by Díaz, in Montero's opinion, suggest that she is not "fully convinced or committed to unity." Despite this, the head of Equality has said that in Podemos they are convinced that "a coalition agreement is still possible" to pursue the objective of revalidating the Government with the PSOE.

Montero has warned Díaz of the "voices" that could lead him not to want an agreement and has compared the situation with the one he experienced four years ago with Íñigo Errejón, who left Podemos and created Más País to present himself to the general elections because they told him that he was going to have a "better" electoral result.

He has claimed the need for Podemos to be back in government, although he has considered the debate on the role that the purple party should play in this electoral cycle "legitimate", whether it should have a leading or less important role.

If Podemos continues in the Government, it will be possible to "continue making possible what many people say is impossible", such as the Trans Law or intervention in the housing market or in the energy market with the cap on gas, Montero stressed. , who has criticized the fact that when they proposed this last measure they were called "demagogues".

"The more strength Podemos has in the Government, the easier it will be for the transformations to take place in an ambitious and profound way," he added.

And he has said that he believes that a coalition with Sumar is "the best option" despite the political differences and has insisted on the argument that they are not "the same" as Más Madrid or Compromís, parties that attended the presentation of Díaz's platform, to which Montero has replied that he would have liked him to use his influence over those formations so that they would have attended the municipal and regional elections on May 28 with Podemos, with the aim of wresting Madrid from the PP and repeating the Executive Valencian.

In addition, he has evoked that in 2016, from the "media progressives" and some people from institutional politics, such as --"I think I remember"-- that Gaspar Llamazares or Joan Baldoví (Compromís), "bet" on a Ciudadanos government, of Podemos and the PSOE.

Montero has stressed the importance of holding primaries open to citizens in order to organize the candidacy for the general elections and to face the elections "with the greatest strength and unity possible."

And he has denied the "mythology" that exists about the tension between Podemos and Sumar and how it is evidenced in the meetings of the Council of Ministers, assuring that they greet each other with Díaz and that they also reach "very important" agreements to advance rights. "It is much more earthly than people can think," she has indicated, and has opted to "resolve" the differences between the two organizations.