Martina Velarde, coordinator of Podemos Andalucía, announced that he would not run in the primary process to return to lead the party in the community, in which, moreover, the party does not have parliamentary representation because Velarde did not deliver the necessary documentation in time to be able to run in the 2022 regional elections. Since then, the work of. Can In Andalusia He limits himself to tweeting insults and launching hoaxes and slander through social networks in an attempt to win the votes of his two main competitors: Add -with whom they share the confluence- and Before Andalusia -coalition led by Teresa Rodríguez-.
And it was precisely the shadow of Teresa Rodríguez, with much more charisma than Velarde, who made Martina not even obtain the support of her people, who managed to convince her that the time had come to make a step aside. In fact, it should be noted that Martina Velarde was imposed by Pablo Iglesias four years ago, when Therese Rodriguez decided to leave Can. Thus, on the sidelines, Velarde expressed his support for a candidacy that will lead the current Organization Secretary of the Purple Party, Raquel Martínez.
This was announced during a press call held this Monday in Seville, coinciding with the opening of the primary process of election of coordinators and autonomous directorates of Podemos in Andalusia, among other communities, to which the municipal councilor of Sevilla Susana Hornillo already announced a few days ago her intention to run as head of a candidacy.
Rachel Martinez will thus direct “the official application in the primaries of Podemos Andalucía”, as highlighted in a press release in which it is emphasized that the current Secretary of the Organization has the support of Martina Velarde, as well as the “historic union leader” Diego Cañamero and the Andalusian parliamentarians José Manuel Gómez Jurado and Alejandra Duran.
Martina Velarde justified her decision not to run in the primaries to renew her position as coordinator of We can Andalusia in the “enormous work” that he carries out in the Congress of Deputies – where he sits in the Joint Group for the province of Granada -, which “absorbs practically all the time that I have”, as he indicated to explain what you want “take a step aside in the field of Andalusian management” training which provides at national level Ione Belarra.
Velardewho replaced Teresa Rodríguez as coordinator of Podemos Andalucía in 2020, defended her management at the head of the party and in this sense declared that “we received a destroyed game, usurped for another party, no finances, without parliamentary representationwhich we raised with great effort.
Rachel Martinez
Likewise, Velardewho “will continue to be part of Ione Belarra’s most reliable team”, publicly supported the candidacy of the team led by Raquel Martínez, We can transform Andalusiawhich, as indicated in the aforementioned press release, “brings together the main public leaders of the party”, such as the said Diego Cañamerowho took part in the European elections last June on the list of Can and is a member of State Council of the party.
Cañamero arrives as number two in the candidacy of Rachel Martinezwhich will also feature the youngest parliamentarian in the current Andalusian legislature, Cordoba Jose Manuel Gomez Juradoas well as with the deputy of Granada Alejandra Durancurrent deputy spokesperson for the parliamentary group For Andalusia.
At the municipal level, the candidacy benefits from the support of councilors such as Nico Sguigliafrom Malaga; Nerea Tovarfrom Dos Hermanas (Seville); Géma Martinezfrom Torreperogil (Jaén), or Mari Angeles Garciafrom Tomares (Seville).
Rachel Martinez stressed that “Andalusia needs profound transformations to address the social, gender and environmental imbalances it suffers from, and that is why we are called We can transform Andalusia“.
