Podemos distances itself from the Sumar negotiation and wants differentiated treatment from the PSOE: "We are different projects"

He says that his investiture requirements are not an "ultimatum" to the PSOE, which has not responded to them and he does not know if it is because they prioritize Junts

MADRID, 21 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The co-spokesperson of Podemos, Javier Sánchez Serna, has disassociated his party from the negotiations that Sumar is having with the PSOE in view of the investiture, which they face in a differentiated manner, although he has admitted that they have not yet had conversations with the socialists, whom they urge to take seriously the proposals of the purple party.

What's more, he stressed that Podemos and Sumar are two different forces that attended the 23J elections as a coalition, but that they negotiate "separately" because they "aspire to carry out different projects."

This was expressed during an interview on RNE's 'Parliament' program, reported by Europa Press, to express on the other hand, given the lack of response from the PSOE to the requirements posed by Podemos, that he does not know if this party is prioritizing negotiations with Together first and then lastly attend to the rest of the political actors who must vote for the candidacy of the acting president, Pedro Sánchez.

In this way, Sánchez Serna has distanced himself from the negotiations carried out by Sumar, despite the fact that the leader of the purple party and Secretary of State for Social Rights, Nacho Álvarez, is part of the team that maintains contacts with the PSOE. "We are not in those negotiations (of Sumar), we do the negotiations as we can," he stated.

Therefore, the Podemos deputy in Congress has reiterated that Podemos's proposals involve raising the minimum wage to 1,500 euros, freezing rental prices during the legislature, renewing the General Council of the Judiciary or the continuity of the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, at the head of that department, that they are "common sense" and that their acceptance by the PSOE would be celebrated by the progressive bases.

However, he explained that his party was "extremely responsible" by going to the elections alongside Sumar, so that no left-wing vote or the option of revalidating a coalition government would be lost, and that this attitude will maintain it in the future. the investiture

In fact, he has emphasized that his requirements should not be seen as a "threat" or a "sort of ultimatum" that Podemos puts forward to mark the vote of its five deputies within the Sumar group, but rather that they are only defending that assuming their postulates is the best way to have a "stable" legislature that "lasts."

And in this sense, Sánchez Serna said, the PSOE "is going to have to listen to" and "respect" all the actors" from whom it demands support. "Unfortunately we have not yet received a response from them," he elaborated to ask the socialists to "take seriously" the measures they have demanded.

"We believe that right now we are in the moment to talk. Talking is neither threatening, nor putting red lines, nor putting ultimatums, but talking about what type of government we want. If a government that simply continues with what there is, without have ambition for the future and without proposing new measures (...) or we are going to a progressive coalition government, where all political actors feel represented and also have the possibility of proposing measures," he explained.