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The absence of internal criticism, given that the currents of the Anticapitalists - Teresa Rodríguez and Miguel Urban - and the errejonistas have abandoned Podemos, leaves Pablo Iglesias and Irene Montero free, whom they all point to as their successor in the future, to surround yourself with the people you trust. Shaping a party to suit you, with a faithful leadership.

People who have already been appointed to ministerial or political positions and who are now rewarded again by giving them entry into the Party Executive. Jaume Asens , Julio Rodríguez , Manu Levin , Teresa Arévalo or Ángela Rodríguez join the nucleus of power that decides day by day.

One of the most prominent additions is that of Isa Serra , a candidate in the Community of Madrid, on whom a sentence is imposed for insulting and assaulting Municipal Police officers while trying to prevent an eviction. He joined the Executive assuming, together with Rafa Mayoral , the party's spokesperson. A decision that is interpreted in the formation as an endorsement of her person, a reinomon of her position despite the condemnation, of which Iglesias and Montero, despite being ministers, publicly disagreed. And an award for taking on the difficult role of being the candidate in Madrid after Íñigo Errejón's escape.

"A huge sense of injustice invades me," Iglesias said of Serra's sentence. Parliamentary spokesman Pablo Echenique went further: "I thought the judges were there to deliver justice. What a shame."

21 positions, half in the Government

In this new stage of Podemos, where Iglesias was recently re-elected as Secretary General, the leaders have opted to strengthen their core of trust. Transfer the people who work with them in the Ministries of Social Rights and Equality to the Executive. Of the 21 charges, a dozen are in the Government. Half.

Parallel circles of trust, identical Government-party, where sometimes the professional and the personal shake hands, in the immediate future where training must manage an unprecedented economic and social crisis that will force them to make decisions contrary to its principles, what that can generate tensions and reproaches.

Working with two nuclei of equal people ensures greater political control and largely cuts off criticism or dissent. To names like Noelia Vera , Juanma del Olmo , Nacho Álvarez , Ione Belarra -all of these in the Government-, Rafa Mayoral, Alberto Rodríguez or Pablo Echenique is also joined by Julio Rodríguez.

The former general was one of the party's star signings, but he did not get a seat in Congress despite appearing in two elections in two different constituencies. Manuela Carmena did not want to make room for her in Madrid. Iglesias placed him as general secretary of Podemos in the city of Madrid, and later appointed him chief of staff of his Vice-Presidency for Social Rights. Now he lands in the Podemos Executive -Coordination Council- as head of Peace and Security.

The advisors of Iglesias and Montero

Manu Levin is the mind behind the great discourses and slogans of Podemos. Iglesias, at some meeting he has even mentioned it and thanked him. Since the arrival of Podemos to the Government, she has been responsible for the speech of the Cabinet of Churches.

Teresa Arévalo also joins the Podemos Executive. Montero's trusted person, is deputy chief of staff of the Minister of Equality. And Angela Rodríguez is an adviser to the minister.

As for Jaume Asens, he is the current president of the United We can parliamentary group, where he took over from Iglesias himself after the formation of the coalition with the PSOE. Friends for years, he has already been part of the first State Citizen Council. After a period of distance, the reinforcement of ties with the leader has returned him to the front line. It has a strong Catalan sovereign profile.

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