The schism between Yolanda Díaz and Podemos continues a week after the presentation of her candidacy for the presidency

Some sectors suggest that the alliances will begin to become clear after the 28-M elections

MADRID, 26 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

One week after the Second Vice President of the Government, Yolada Díaz, staged in a public act in Madrid the presentation of her candidacy for the next general elections, her relations with Podemos have become a schism that could cause an important political tear and electoral between the sectors that are located to the left of the PSOE if finally there is no agreement.

Although the vice president is obtaining enthusiastic support for this presentation from other sectors such as Izquierda Unida and the commons, and will even count on the presence of the visible heads of Mas Madrid in the community, Rita Maestre and Mónica García, relations with Podemos not only remain stagnant, but tension has grown in recent weeks.

The formation now led by Ione Belarra considers Sumar, the space created by Díaz, a political party and conditions its presence at the event on April 2 to the signing of a prior coalition agreement with Sumar, based on the deployment of some open primaries to settle the weight of each sector in a future joint candidacy.

However, the general feeling among the various actors involved in the process is that, despite the contacts that Díaz's team maintains with fifteen parties, it will be after 28M that the alliances begin to clarify, since several formations compete electorally. to those elections.

Díaz said this week that he wanted the presence of Podemos, because they share a project and in Sumar the leadership will be decided by the citizens (in reference to primaries) and called on its leader, Ione Belarra, to explain his absence.

Meanwhile, from Podemos they emphasize that there is no progress in the meetings with the vice president's team, the last one last Thursday, and they demand that the dialogue evolve into negotiation, which defines basic elements for an electoral alliance between the two.

Sumar's idea is to hold a mass event at the Antonio Magariños sports center, with the presence of representatives of civil society and also the support of political leaders. The leader of IU, Alberto Garzón, and the coordinator of Alianza Verde have already responded to this appeal in the confederal space, confirming their presence.

The response has also been positive in formations outside of United We Can, as is the case of the leaders of Más Madrid Mónica García and Rita Maestre, who have shown harmony with Díaz. The co-spokespersons for Verdes Equo Florent Marcellesi and Silvia Mellado will also attend.

Meanwhile, Compromís and Más País (led by Íñigo Errejón) have indicated that they will attend but without specifying their representation, like the Aragonese Chunta, as indicated by the respective formations that are allied in the so-called 'Turia Agreement'.

However, one of the formations of said agreement, Més per Mallorca, does not plan to participate in the event despite the contacts maintained with the Sumar team, since forming part of Sumar is not within its framework "of possible relations with Statewide".

And although Podemos insist that its first swords, such as Ione Belarra or Irene Montero, cannot attend the candidacy announcement ceremony without a prior minimum pre-agreement, there will be purple charges at Díaz's debut.

Thus and despite this guideline, the regional coordinator of Podemos Galicia, Borja San Ramón, will attend the event as well as the deputy and representative of Galicia en Común in Congress, Antón Gómez-Reino.

The deputy critical of the leadership of Podemos and third vice president of Congress, Gloria Elizo, will not attend Díaz's event because it is a "hopeful" project, but she will not be present because she is outside of Spain, as she has explained on networks. Meanwhile, the deputy and general secretary of the parliamentary group, Txema Guijarro, intends to go to support Díaz.

Sources from the confederal space indicate that the parties are already deploying tactical movements to establish positions and appreciate that the position of Podemos, by proposing requirements to go to Díaz, leaves a free lane for the approach of Más Madrid to Díaz.

For their part, the purples have reacted to that tune and went so far as to say that Díaz is "setting up" his party with Más Madrid and the PCE, as Montero said, and that although it is a different space from Podemos, they want to come together.

Other voices indicate that all the parties care about the lists and the weight they have on them, but they think that now it is not time to open that debate but to show harmony towards Díaz, about which no one doubts unity is necessary and she is in charge of lead it.

They also stress that it is one thing to have party contacts with Díaz's team, but another are the agreements, which now do not exist and which, according to various sources, should come later in the face of what Podemos proposes, with a calm dialogue in instead of building walls.

In turn, various sectors of the confederal space see it difficult for there to be an agreement before the 28-M elections, given that the left comes fragmented in Madrid, the Valencian Community or the Canary Islands, and they do not want to contaminate the campaign with this process. In a recent interview with Europa Press, López de Uralde pointed out that this electoral appointment is an "obstacle" for dialogue.

Meanwhile, other sources also indicate that tactics also come into play here, since surely Podemos is interested in seeking a pre-agreement before those elections, while other parties will want to address the confluence afterwards, all depending on who emerges stronger or weaker from this electoral appointment.

In turn, the question of the primaries is another of the central points of the debate, which many take for granted because Díaz and the different parties have stated so. Of course, they admit that the question will be what type of process is carried out and that the point that can generate problems is the definition of the census.

Podemos has demanded primaries open to the citizenry and binding against dispatch agreements, since it understands that it is the way to settle the weight of each one, especially when they predict that negotiations between so many parties will be difficult.

In turn, IU proposed the creation of a table of parties that want to come together with Sumar and proportional primaries by constituencies, with a view to defining future electoral lists, and of an open nature where anyone who chooses to vote and with guarantees to prove their identity when establishing the census.