Podemos will start the process of electing a new leader in the Valencian Community from 26 December to 2 February. The party announced on Monday that the same process would be launched simultaneously in Catalonia, Madrid, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Asturias, the Canary Islands and Murcia.
“It would be fair to admit that Podemos did not achieve regional implementation in time.”Podemos co-spokesperson said: Maria Teresa Perez. “We must start working to continue this process of strengthening our organization that we started in September and now continue the renewal of regional directorates,” the leader said on Monday. said.
He noted that once this process begins, the exact dates of the different stages of the autonomous assemblies, such as registering individual candidates, collecting approvals, creating lists and voting, will be known.
In the Valencian Community the party is currently in a critical situation. The disaster of 28M left the purples without any institutional representation in autonomy and led to a number of defections from their main representatives. Regional coordinator and Valencia City Council candidate Pilar Lima and Generalitat candidate left office. Hector Illueca.
These resignations led to a manager taking charge of the party and beginning a restructuring that is currently trying to continue this primary process in search of new leadership. The process by which ERE was executed from its Madrid headquarters did not work, taking away seven surviving workers from the Valencian federation.
Despite this situation, Pérez encouraged his militancy to participate in these primaries, to open “enriching and constructive” debates and strengthen this political tool, emphasizing: “more necessary than ever.”
Additionally, the party’s spokesman, Pablo Fernández, praised the party’s decision to put Irene Montero at the top of the Podemos lists for the European elections, calling it “an important step” because his party believes that it is essential to have a “strong” left-wing group in the EU.