The alliance between Podemos and Esquerra Unida will manifest itself at the regional level and jointly in the country’s fifty municipalities. Valencian Community does not make an easy start. The distribution of positions in the lists causes divergences at different points, as in the city of Alicante. Manolo Copé from the USA tops the list in the state capital, while Xavier López, his current spokesman in the city council, will be second on the list, which will be chaired by two people.
Complaint
This decision did not go well inside to becondemning an imposition in negotiations at the regional and state level. López indeed expressed his support for Copé as mayor of the alliance. “I’m going to push the nomination, we have a good candidate,” he said this Wednesday. The news from other parts of the purple formation in Alicante was not received with such satisfaction. Evidence of this is that there have already been two resignations, such as those of Organization Secretary Pedro Domínguez and Environmental Officer Cati Cifuentes. It is expected that these are not the only ones leaving, as new resignations are expected in the coming days.
“The negotiations were not confined to the Alicante region and created unease among local rulers who understood that such a decision should not be taken without taking Alicante into account,” López said. It was the same Tuesday when he learned that he would not lead the nomination: “The forms are not correct.” with all current spokesperson De Podemos in the City Council reiterated its support for Copé and announced that the planned plan is for more forces like the Esquerra Republica to join in the coming days. “We cannot lose even a single staged ballot, we want to create a tool that will act as leverage for change,” he said.
Presentation
The resignations in Alicante coincided with the official presentation of the announcement in Valencia that Podemos and Esquerra Unida will run together in the regional elections on 28 May, in which Héctor Illueca is nominated. Generalitat Presidency. The top positions in the list that the left alliance will present for the province of Alicante have also been determined. The nomination will be led by María Teresa Pérez, followed by Estefanía Blanes and Álex Aguilar. Thus, number one belongs to Podemos and second place belongs to the USA.
Illueca in its appearance in Valencia, loyaltySince he did not want to agree with his party in the regional elections, he opened the door to an alliance in the general elections. It seems like opportunism to gather there and divide it here,” he said. In a local key, López also attacked the Valencians: «It is little clear that Comromís participated in the Sumar action and that Alicante and the Valencian Community did not support in the same direction. This weakens the transformative field.”
Illueca as nominees and Pérez Garijo as two nominees
Podemos and Esquerra Unida met this Wednesday for regional elections on 28 May. Generalitat’s second vice president, Héctor Illueca (Podemos), will head the nomination. Transparency Minister Rosa Pérez Garijo will be number two. He appeared alongside Pilar Lima, a deputy for Alcoy in the Cortes Estefanía Blanes (EU) and trustee of the Unides Podem group in the autonomous Parliament, both of whom will be placed second on the list of the province of Alicante. The bilateral alliance will be repeated in the three capitals of the province and in a total of 50 municipalities, while the other 30 municipalities will join with more formations.