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The entry of Podemos in the Government of La Rioja has unleashed an internal battle to occupy the only purple armchair that will be in the next Coalition Executive with the PSOE - the Ministry of Participation, Human Rights and Cooperation -. The party - says a manager for the repeated messes with the primaries - had appointed Nazareth Martin , secretary of the United Podemos group in the City Council of Logroño as an advisor. A decision that supposed to put aside Raquel Romero , his only regional deputy, and whose vote - together with that of IU - has made president the socialist Concha Andreu .

In the middle of an internal dispute, on Wednesday night, Podemos La Rioja has announced that Nazareth Martin resigns to be the director of Podemos. According to the official explanation of the party - the manager -, it is a "personal" decision, which justifies the "purpose of reconciling your personal, work and family life". This circumstance, they point out, "makes his appointment as a counselor in the government of progress incompatible." The truth is that his step aside occurs in the middle of an internal struggle, before the bewilderment of the PSOE and with much runrun on matters of his life.

The manager made the decision to appoint her on August 18 at a telematic meeting by mobile phone and communicated on August 24. The decision, according to the minutes, was taken "by majority", as reported in this newspaper. This organ is formed by Romero, Miguel Reinares and Francisco Garrido . There is the circumstance that Garrido is the couple of Nazareth Martin and, therefore, his vote was key to launch his partner towards the regional government, since it was explicit that the verdict was "by majority" and not "unanimously" . Sources around Romero point out that there is no record of his vote in favor of Martin.

Now, this Thursday morning the manager must meet again, in an appointment "extraordinary to approve a new nomination proposal, which will be officially communicated to the PSOE", as well as to the national direction of Podemos, which in this dispute has preferred Stay out and do not act.

The decision to appoint Martin had triggered a confrontation between two sectors: the party and the parliamentary group. The manager's sources argue his decision that "under no circumstances could Raquel Romero be an adviser to the Riojan Government and regional deputy, since our organic statutes establish the incompatibility of exercising two organic charges for the same person." In the event that Romero resigns his seat, precisely Francisco Garrido would occupy his position in the Parliament of La Rioja.

From the parliamentary group, where Romero has a team of members of Podemos arriving from Castilla-La Mancha, they maintained in the last hours that it was not yet closed who will be the head of the Ministry, despite the statement issued by Podemos and despite the fact that the manager transferred to the PSOE that the designated was Nazareth Martin. "We are still clarifying who will occupy the Ministry and we have to see how the presence of Podemos in the Parliament and the Government Council will be managed," said Deputy Raquel Romero yesterday. "I never said I was not interested in being a counselor, because I think I have a profile where I can fit in."

Some were accused of wanting to place their own: Martín put Garrido as general director and Romero his team of advisors.

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