Resignation of the Podemos Aragon government. Marta de Santos, Francisco Sanz, Guillermo Boix, Alicia Arteaga and Olga Montañes leave management; They have “neither the strength nor the desire” which they believe the party needs in the community.
The reason for the mass resignation was “disagreements with the parliamentary group“, currently composed of the deputy Andoni Corrales. With this decision, the party leader, Marta de Santos, and the four members of the leadership resign. We can Aragon He is left orphaned and now the technical team must look for a new government.
Marta de Santos and her team leave the management, but They continue to be active in the Purple Party: “We remain convinced that Podemos is the tool to transform the society and bring this country to a better place and that is why we have taken the decision to resign, in At the moment we do not have the strength or the desire that this project needs in Aragon, You can count on us for what you need, but as grassroots activists“, we read in the internal statement which was leaked to the press.
In the text addressed to the Autonomous Citizen Council and the Secretariat of the Organization of the State, the current former Aragonese leadership explains: “Despite our numerous attempts to establish collaboration with the Parliamentary Group and After several head-on collisions with the people who make it up, we understand that we have reached a point of no return. This does not favor the growth and establishment of a strong Podemos in Aragon,” in this way, a series of processes begin to replace the leaders.
Crisis in Podemos
Podemos is not going through its best moments, and not at the regional level either. After forming a government, with the four-party team of Javier Lambán, he now has only one deputy in the Cortes.The 2023 elections were a real setback, out of the five deputies retained, they only managed to keep one.
The former coordinator of Podemos Aragón and candidate in the last municipal and regional elections, Maru Diaz, resigned in June 2023: “I am aware that the polls have sent us a clear and strong message and for this reason, and consistent with this, I consider that it is time to take a step back. And that is why I want to inform you that I have decided not to run for deputy and after the general elections in July, I will cease to be the autonomous coordinator of Podemos Aragón,” Díaz wrote in a message published on social networks.
Martha of Santos She was elected coordinator of Podemos Aragón last February; six months later, has just submitted his resignationIn the document he states: “The little work we have been able to do in these months has been satisfying but also very complicated to manage, we had a campaign in the European Championships that was a beacon for the team, but We have experienced situations that we did not know or that we were not able to manage as activism deserves. and the people who vote for Podemos,” so the purples must begin an internal electoral process.
