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Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias have sealed a pre-agreement for a coalition government, where both parties will sit at the next Council of Ministers. It happens that its 155 deputies stay far from the 176 that grant the majority in the Congress of Deputies. The first materialization of the distribution of forces of a future Executive is that Podemos remains on the sidelines and leaves the PSOE the reins of negotiation to obtain support. Of course, the purples no longer see with bad eyes that Citizens could unlock the investiture.

Iglesias, during the election campaign, always maintained that his position was clear and that voters knew that by supporting United We could not have agreements with the PP or with Citizens. However, the pact for a co-government sealed with Sanchez now makes the priority of Podemos be that he starts walking, without putting so much focus on the support to move it forward. Two parties can hold the key to the investiture of Sánchez as president and Iglesias as vice president: ERC or Citizens-

"The point is that this progressive government starts to walk. It is not a matter of comfort, that we are more or less at ease or sleep better," said Noelia Vera, spokeswoman for the Executive of Podemos, after the meeting of this body , when asked about whether his training would prefer an orange or independence support to unlock the investiture.

We can keep waiting. Without entering the negotiations to add political parties that allow their Government with the PSOE, unlike their action in the motion of censure that appealed to Sánchez la Moncloa or the political-budgetary pact they signed. Then, Iglesias picked up the phone, visited Oriol Junqueras, leader of ERC, in jail; He called Carles Puigdemont, making him a valid interlocutor ... Now, the purples, look from the barrier. It is the PSOE who capitalizes the management of the investiture.

"We respect the leadership of Pedro Sánchez. He is the investiture candidate. The PSOE is holding meetings and we are waiting," Vera has ratified. And this despite the fact that, for example, Quim Torra, has anointed in the last hours Jaume Asens, spokesman for the commons - the Catalan sector of Podemos - as a valid interlocutor with the PSOE. "The important thing is that the progressive government starts, that it can materialize projects, laws. The arithmetic will be seen. Prudence with the negotiations that Pedro Sánchez is leading."

The tables have changed for Podemos. Its incompatibility with Citizens is now something better, if it is the oranges that can facilitate a Government of yours with the PSOE. In 2016 it was the purples who were in the position to facilitate a pact of the Socialists with Albert Rivera, who decided to knock down.

We can consult the bases with the pact with the PSOE

The statutes of Podemos establish that the formation must consult its bases any government agreement that it reaches. That is why a telematic consultation will be held to party registrants to learn if they support participating in a coalition government with the PSOE based on the pre-agreement of ten points that Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias sealed. The consultation will be held from November 23 to 26.

After the meeting of the Executive of the party, its spokesman, Noelia Vera, has detailed the question that will be transferred to the militancy: "Do you agree that we participate in a coalition government in the terms of the pre-agreement signed by Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Churches, yes or no? "

The deadlines established by Podemos, starting the consultation on November 23, imply that they coincide with that which they will carry out from the PSOE to their bases, and in time with those that will be carried out by both United Left and In Common Podem.

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