Podemos assured this Monday during a press conference that Yolanda Díaz knew about the non-consensual touching committed by her co-founder, Íñigo Errejónto a young girl during a festival organized in Castellón in the summer of 2023. At that time, Díaz was already Minister of Labor, but Irene Montero was also, concretely, Minister of Equality. It is true that Errejón was no longer part of the “purple” ranks, but knowing this problem before the 23D did not exempt Podemos from running in the elections with Sumar, and therefore with Errejón.
Its spokesperson, Pablo Fernández, assured that Podemos was not aware of “this type of behavior” on the part of one of its most visible leaders and that the newspaper “El Salto” reported in 2015. A question that led him to affirm that Podemos’ controls have not failed. Although he points out that the group was aware of the discussion thread on
At that time, the member of the “violets” claimed that They made this known to “the person” who, according to them, “must have known him, namely Yolanda Díaz”. Asked about Díaz’s response, Fernández assured that he was “not going to” “elaborate” on the matter and preferred to settle the matter by affirming that they were doing what they “considered appropriate.” “It affected everyone,” he concluded.
At that time, Yolanda Díaz was already Minister of Labor and founder of Sumar, a group to which Más Madrid had joined, in whose ranks was Errejón, and to which Podemos had joined a few days before the election. However, in this outgoing government, Podemos held another portfolio, that of Equality. Irene Monteroanother of the strong figures of the “purples” since its beginnings, who headed the Ministry of Equality, did not act facing this matter.
A decade of feminist politics?
The Errejón-Podemos breakup completed in 2019after being dismissed as parliamentary spokesperson for Podemos at the time after facing off against Pablo Iglesias to lead the party. From there he joined Manuela Carmena in Más Madrid. A project that, in the same year, expanded to the national level with Más País, which won three seats supporting the first coalition government.
Two years later, Díaz and Errejón, among other groups, joined forces to oppose what remained of Podemos. With the creation of Sumar, Errejón once again regained his importance on the front line of parliamentary life, eventually becoming a member of the union of left forces.
An agreement between Más Madrid and Sumar that Podemos knew, since just a few days before 23-D they signed their coalition under the brand created by Díaz. At that time, they also knew that the story had spread on social networks. None of this prompted the “purples” to reconsider their participation in the 23J elections in an alliance in which their co-founder also participated, who they knew had been accused of having touched a girl. without consent. Perhaps this impending electoral nomination has not led anyone to speak out, not even the Equalities Minister.
