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From Minister of Labor to third vice president and successor of Pablo Iglesias in just 50 days.

Yolanda Díaz is still trying to digest the departure of the United We Can leader from politics and her appointment as a future candidate.

It was already suspected, after being chosen to replace him in the Government, but the official conformation took place on Tuesday night, with the announcement by Iglesias that he is leaving politics.

Until now, in the organization, everything had been speculation about what moment Iglesias would choose to give him the nomination witness.

Now, according to the sources consulted, "it has fallen on him."

Without aspiring to or having sought it, because of the fact that political careers are built most of the time by the decisions made by others, although determined to accept the challenge.

Neither she herself knows the next steps, nor does it seem that Iglesias is clear about the fit to be the next United We Can candidate. The how and when is missing, but the party assumes that Díaz will impose a "style of his own" and that Iglesias will not exercise any control over his inheritance or "guardianship." She has a "life of her own" and even the

purple

leader

has assumed that he can do better than himself.

Although the possibility that Díaz was the replacement of Iglesias was not raised until the day he announced that he was leaving the Government to be the candidate of Podemos to the Community of Madrid, knowledgeable sources point out that Iglesias is very convinced that he is "the women's time ".

In fact, Podemos has analyzed it, they even have studies that "female leadership is a plus" at this time.

A problem for the PSOE

In the case of Yolanda Díaz, her political training and knowledge is also compounded by her good public appreciation.

Something that Iglesias has never had.

The third vice president is one of the highest valued ministers of the coalition executive.

Ahead of everyone from United We Can, but also heavyweights like Carmen Calvo.

Only surpassed in public valuation Margarita Robles and Nadia Calviño.

"He is a better candidate than Pablo," they conclude.

He himself considers that "he leaves everything in good hands".

The feeling in Podemos is that Yolanda Díaz could pose an electoral problem for the PSOE, just as Mónica García, from Más Madrid, has been for Ángel Gabilondo.

Due to the inability of the Socialists to attract the voter under 50 years of age and because Díaz, unlike the Iglesias of recent years, represents the renewal of the discourse of the Social Democracy.

But before the electoral struggles, it will be necessary to solve the internal frameworks.

United Podemos is not Podemos, and the first puzzle generated by the step next to Iglesias is to solve who will lead the

purple

party

, since, according to the statutes, to be eligible to lead Podemos, it is necessary to have been a member of at least six months, a condition that Diaz, who comes from the

PCE

, does not comply

.

The reins, in the hands of the 'hard core'

It will be the Executive of the training who will take the reins of Podemos for the moment.

It is the

hard core

of Iglesias in recent years.

Among them are the spokesperson for United We Can in Congress, Pablo Echenique;

the Secretary of Organization of Podemos, Alberto Rodríguez;

or the Ministers of Equality, Irene Montero, and of Social Rights, Ione Belarra.

Also

Nacho Álvarez

, Secretary of State for Social Rights, and

Noelia Vera

, Secretary of State for Equality.

The party's national co-spokespersons, Rafael Mayoral and

Isa Serra

, and the party's Communication Secretary and Iglesias' right-hand man,

Juanma del Olmo

, are also part of the Podemos executive team.

The mission that the Executive will face will be to convene the Citizen Assembly from which the new organizational structure of the party emerges, including the new leader of the

purple

brand

.

While waiting to specify more details about the organization of Vistalegre IV, the Executive of Podemos could advance the deadlines for its celebration after the accelerated departure of Iglesias, since it was scheduled, according to the times that the party managed, for 2023.

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