He general coordinator of IU Andalucía and deputy to the Congress of Sumar, Toni Valerospoke this Tuesday about the case of Íñigo Errejón and remembered that User interface could now have a certain “moral superiority” to Sumar since the accused is not part of UI. In addition, he said he hoped the coalition would change its acronym because there is “confusion between what is Add movementwho is a political party, and what is it today Addwhich is this parliamentary group where there are many of us.
Valero considered this Tuesday that Add movement has “the whole future” and does not believe that the case of Iñigo Errejón affect the coalition within the central government with the PSOE. Valero assured that he had no “knowledge” of what was happening with Errejonso it was “a real surprise”. “I could give you a list of many colleagues who, at some point, someone told you they were going through a difficult time, but had no connection to it; For me it was, as for the rest, an absolute shock“, he stressed.
He considered that this affair should be an “opportunity” for progress against “sexist violence” and that, in the political forces, the protocols work and apply. Likewise, he felt that it was necessary to produce “changes” in the way Sumar parliamentary group. He said that United Left maintains an outstretched hand and collaboration with a “brother party” such as Add movement.
He emphasized that United Left Yes, he claimed that the “confusion between what is Add movementwho is a political party, and what is it today Addwhich is this parliamentary group where there are many of us.
“We believe that this name confusion must be corrected because it does not allow us to move forward,” he said. Toni Valerofor whom the Movimiento Sumar “has all the future it wants”: “And I think that this future, I hope, will be in coalition and in collaboration with Izquierda Unida and with many more forces, but the question of space name should be resolved political, which cannot be confused with the name of a political party which is one of its parts.
Moral superiority
For Valerothe message that political forces should draw from this “crisis” relating to Iñigo Errejón “it’s not so much about pointing to the person next to us, but rather about looking at ourselves to see how much we need to improve“. He indicated that the person responsible for what happened was not from United Leftso this formation could currently try to leave with “a certain moral superiority”, but that would be a “error” and who “Do it, you are wrong.”
According to him, “everyone must examine themselves very carefully and learn from it, because in this case it happened within the framework of the Add movement And More from Madridbut this could perfectly have happened in another political force”, indicated the leader of the UI Andalusia.
He insisted that this “scandal” around Errejon This must serve to ensure that political forces and, in particular, the left, “feel challenged and improve considerably in terms of prevention and action when they arise”. situations of gender-based violence within their parties.
“What we need to do now is row And push for the left to maintain a trench which is absolutely necessary in these times,” he said.
