The Errejón scandal is much more than the disgrace of the spokesperson of a parliamentary group. This is the trigger for the failure of an entire political project, the one that Yolanda Díaz tried to lead when she was chosen to succeed Pablo Iglesias. Although the vice president of the government will also try to maintain this conglomerate called Sumar, today it has been ten days since the resignation of Íñigo Errejón and they have not yet named his replacement (everything indicates that they want a female). This is another example of the difficulties they are going through. The sudden departure of the former founder of Podemos after his confession already acts as an accelerator of a process of ideological repositioning which has been preparing for some time, which finds its origin in the lack of leadership of Díaz and which will lead to a new policy of alliances in this very fragmented space. Standard associated news If Yolanda Díaz demands anti-harassment protocols from companies that she did not apply with Íñigo Errejón Susana Alcelay Accused of having covered up the former spokesperson for Sumar, she is tough on business: 225,000 euros. fine for not having anticipated cases of sexual violence“Sumar “He was already very affected by the wing,” they explain to ABC from the inside. “What happened to Errejón is the last nail in his coffin. Sumar was already dead and was already considered depreciated by Podemos and by Izquierda Unida (IU), which is the key to all of this”, they explain. The election of Antonio Maíllo as general coordinator of IU after the surprising abandonment of the policies of his predecessor, Alberto Garzón, is relevant in this process. Within the coalition, it is explained that part of the traditional bases of the IU and the leaders are “very uncomfortable” with. the government’s position towards Ukraine and Israel, “too attached to NATO positions”. They consider that the Executive, in which there are four ministers from Sumar, is “lukewarm”. » towards Israel and believe that the position towards Ukraine is “too NATOist”, too “hawkish”. “It is not the same thing as Putinist”, they specify, beforehand. to add that both in IU and in Podemos they are taking advantage of the situation to erode a lot at the base “This has not had much importance in public speeches, although it has appeared a little in. Irene Montero’s speech on European women; but “in a whisper” and in the internal dynamics, this was fundamental because it generated a great emotional divide in Sumar, whose traditional communist base of the United Left continues to live in the geopolitical imagination of the Cold War”, they explain to this newspaper from inside to contextualize that all this background noise “weighed heavily when it comes to metabolizing the Errejón scandal In front of the guardian of the essences, nineteen months ago, Yolanda Díaz presented her political project, called Sumar, to try to attract attention from all political forces located to the left of the Socialist Party. During this period, the vice-president of the Executive never made the decision to transform it. formally a political party Since then and until today, its organic leadership has weakened and the results of the various elections organized have always been weak: regional and municipal elections of May 23, general elections in July, regional elections in. February in Galicia, April in the Basque Country. and May in Catalonia; and European elections in June. It is important to see the role played by Enrique Santiago, general secretary of the PCE, and more Yolandista and his party than Izquierda Unida. Furthermore, the break with Podemos was confirmed after the general elections and led to inequality. confrontation in which the party founded and led by Pablo Iglesias presents itself in the shadows as the guardian of the essences and Sumar is diluted by the uncontested preponderance of the socialist wing of the government. In this context, his leadership is greatly eroded, which is why, after the European Championships, he announced his resignation as leader of Sumar. However, this decision was never finalized and plunged the platform into great uncertainty, which forced the parties that make it up to move “Pablo and Irene”. Within Sumar, and the parties that make up this platform, the conviction is growing that “elements of political operation” came together in the emergence of the Errejón scandal. To begin with, they explain, the place from which it starts, “which is the environment of Irene Montero”. Second, the moment when he jumps, “that is, the moment when this turn takes place within Sumar.” And a third factor to take into account is the moment of weakness that Íñigo Errejón was going through: “It is difficult to think that in a moment of strength and solid internal blockage of Íñigo, this would have arisen.” , the scandal acts as an accelerator for the implosion of Sumar and opens the way to a hypothesis that has been circulating for some time in these circles: “it facilitates the IU-Podemos reunification projects under a hypothetical candidacy of Irene Montero for the presidency of the Government which will be hegemonic in the space to which the PSOE left. Here it is important to see the role played by Enrique Santiago, secretary general of the PCE, and more a Yolandista and his party than of Izquierda Unida. If this comes to fruition, Podemos will not only appropriate the most orthodox discourse. the radical left, but would launch a missile at the Sumar waterline and initiate a process of dissolution. “They will not have more than seven or eight deputies, because Irene Montero has the profile she has and is completely exhausted, she has very little appeal and very little ability to generate consensus. What is happening is that this Podemos is installed in this logic: it does not matter that we are few in number as long as we control the niche”, they explain. According to this story, Irene Montero is the one who manages the political apparatus and the party and Pablo Iglesias the media apparatus and the business which implies the existence of thousands of people who continue to pay the fees of Canal Red and are ready to pay “crowdfoundings’”. -they, “the map behind the battle”.
