IU is already considering the possibility of “refounding” Sumar, the space they share with Podemos, the Sumar movement, Más País or Equo, among others. This was underlined by the federal coordinator of the IU, the Andalusian Antonio Maíllowho recognized that “everything is open” after the Íñigo Errejón scandal and that the affair “it started from the mother”.
The IU leader also estimated that “there was a succession of events that were not isolated and to which they did not know how to respond, and they did so.” More Madrid and Movimiento Sumarwhich parties Errejón belonged to”.
Thus, Maíllo wondered why the case of the alleged Errejón’s violent and sexist behavior which would have been recorded in 2023, “if it had been considered an isolated event as it appears to be”.
In this way, IU opens the debate on change in Sumar, a movement that would take advantage of the “reorganization” that the left organization will have to carry out to separate itself from the scandal that has occupied the political debate. in Spain since they met. the first accusations against the former founder of Podemos and spokesperson for the left-wing coalition until his resignation.
Thus, Maíllo assumed that it would be necessary “change the name or acronym” for the next elections. The next electoral stage is, if there are no early elections, in 2027.
General elections should then be held in which Sumar stands. So, since there are still three years left, IU leader assures they have “time” for a reflection on the change of party.
“Reorganization”
However, “it is obvious that here there will be a reorganization of space, independently of what each of the parts that compose it thinks, and of this call to historical responsibility that we have at the service of the workers of our country,” said Maíllo.
So there will be change, given that the IU is one of the most powerful formations that make up Add.
But what will the new name of the alliance be? “The one that brings the most together, in which everyone feels represented,” said Maíllo.
“We, the parties involved, must come together to build something that is useful and an instrument of efficiency,” the UI leader developedwho added that “about this responsibility”, it is a question of “that we will have no limits when it comes to tackling these debates which are open, and which individually will follow their course in time to come”.
Maíllo underlined that the new acronym around which the left-wing project that Sumar represents has gathered “they can’t be” those of IU because “people from other organizations” involved would not feel “identified” with them.
The IU leader also gave his opinion on the election of the new spokesperson for your snack, for now Add. Until now it was Errejón, who resigned from office. Maíllo was pleased that no one had yet been designated to have time to make this decision.
IU, he stressed, He will propose his candidates. This, he indicated, “has nothing to do with the fact that Izquierda Unida wants more representation or more power within the group”, he warned, adding that “this concern does not concern us ” and that they don’t have “this priority” either.
“Our priority is that the decision-making and mode of operation of the group be a method participatory and democratic in which we all feel involved, and this avoids that verticality that existed until now and that we have not shared before, and even less now,” continued Antonio Maíllo.
New spokesperson
Maíllo indicated that “nothing happens” if the spokesperson chosen to replace Errejón is not from IU, but he hopes that he has the “backup” of your organization, and in this sense, he chose to “find the best people to lead this group in this complicated and necessary time”.
On this issue, the IU leader indicated that Sumar’s group “supports a government”, which implies that it must have “responsibility in decision-making and the need for things to be done well, because the stakes are high.
Maíllo also recalled that he was in favor of the unity of the entire left. This includes Podemos. In fact, the left leader was already betting on this question when he led the Andalusian project of his formation and participated in the Andalusian elections with the help of Therese Rodriguezthen in Podemos.
“Everyone hears that a project that is at the service of society cannot be conditioned by cross vetoes of a personal nature or even some of a political nature”, and he then ruled that, “If there is no total unity, It is not possible that the current coalition government of PSOE and Sumar will be renewed.
Explanations
Finally, Maíllo said he was satisfied with the explanations of the national leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz. “He had to give explanations and he gave them.“, indicated the leader of the IU.
“We had to apologize and, above all, we had to take advantage of this whole situation to reconnect with people who felt very disappointed,” added the leader of the IU, who chose to “make the necessity a virtue”.
What does this mean? That Maíllo commits to using this crisis to improve the organization. Thus, he proposes to “realize”proposals to democratize the group Parliament and guarantee better functioning than it has had until now.
