• More Madrid. Íñigo Errejón's party approves to stand for the 10-N elections
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Almost unanimously, the bases and leaders of Más Madrid, the party led by Íñigo Errejón, approved yesterday to appear at the next general elections of 10-N to try to "combat abstention" of the left electorate after the failure of the negotiations between PSOE and Podemos and thus avoid a "right" Government. Although the details must be closed during an assembly that will be held next Wednesday, everyone assumes that Errejón himself will lead the list in Madrid, although the intention of many training positions is for the party to appear in "all autonomies ”that can be“ provided we do not subtract ”in the sector on the left.

This was transferred by several Madrid deputies in the assembly that took place yesterday at the Chamberí Cultural Center , which was attended by about 350 positions and party members, including the majority of the 19 councilors in the capital, including Rita Maestre or Jorge García Castaño , and the 20 deputies of the formation.

Who did not appear for the conclave, where he was voted freehand with red and green cards after about two and a half hours of interventions - there were about 55 - was Errejón himself, who according to sources in his environment «did not want to condition the debate »with his presence. Although he was not physically, his name was on everyone's lips, because, as Councilwoman Inés Sabanés explained after the meeting, "it is mostly understood that who can best express the feeling of this candidacy is Íñigo Errejón." His appointment as a candidate would imply his resignation to continue as spokesperson for More Madrid in the Regional Assembly, a position he currently holds.

The step forward taken yesterday by the formation of Errejón, who will have to choose a new name - yesterday Spain was not ruled out -, also represents a severe risk for Podemos, who in the last regional elections of May saw how More Madrid phagocytosed 70 % of its electorate in the region.

The alliances that Errejón will seal in the different autonomies remain to be cleared, but the intention of his party is to create his own group in the Congress of Deputies. Autonomies such as the Basque Country, Murcia or Galicia , where Errejonism has a certain predicament in the leftist political movements, could be some of the places where the party would attend, as well as in Valencia. The proximity of Joan Baldoví, leader of Compromís, with Errejón is well known, but it would be strange if the formation of Monica Oltra turned her back on Podemos. To date, the Valencian party advocates a great confluence of lefts.

"A step forward"

After yesterday's meeting, the faces were satisfying among those present. "A clear mandate has come out of this assembly so that from More Madrid we take a step forward and do not stand idly by, participating in the general elections," said the Mayor of More Madrid in Móstoles Gabriel Ortega , one of the visible faces of the instrumental party, which to date does not yet have management bodies. In statements to the media, Ortega also left no room for doubt about who should lead the candidacy, highlighting Errejón's "talent, coherence and good sense to facilitate agreements and end the country's political blockade."

On that premise More Madrid will go to the polls. From the party it is understood as a sign of "responsibility" to appear at the election date, since the frustrated pact between PSOE and Podemos has caused a deep malaise among the leftist voter. "We would have liked not to have to be here today, because we would have preferred an agreement (...) to guarantee a Government of progress in our country," Sabanés said.

The mayor of Madrid said she does not want an electoral campaign "of blame and reproach, speaking of what could have been", and that her only objective is that there be "a government of progress and of the left." "In our opinion it is not the risk of fragmentation, and less in districts like Madrid that are absolutely proportional," he said.

While from yesterday we were silent yesterday to the decision of More Madrid, Juan Carlos Monedero, one of its founders and close to Pablo Iglesias, openly criticized Errejón, who "far from joining has divided" and "continues" dividing. «We lost the Mayor's Office and the Community of Madrid. Now go on, ”he said.

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