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The actress
María Botto
and the former athlete
Roberto Sotomayor
will make the leap into politics and will be part of the candidacy of the Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra, to lead Podemos in the face of the fourth
Citizen Assembly
, which will elect the new state leadership of the formation.
Ione Belarra
will also include in her list for the new state Citizen Council of
Podemos
the activists
Alejandra Jacinto
and
Serigne Mbaye
, who were recently elected deputies in the
Madrid Assembly
and accompanied the outgoing Secretary General, Pablo Iglesias, in his candidacy for the elections Madrid on May 4.
As sources close to the candidacy have explained to Europa Press,
María Botto
and
Roberto Sotomayor
are the main novelties of a list that
Ione Belarra draws up
for this new stage in
Podemos
.
With this, it launches a message of opening the training to civil society.
The main candidate for the general secretary of the purple party will present all the members of her candidacy this Saturday in the city of Valencia, in what will be the start of her campaign for
Vistalegre IV
, which will conclude on June 13.
María Botto: "I support Ione for her honesty"
These sources have highlighted the "extensive experience" in theater, film and television of
María Botto
, who has participated in films such as
Soldados de Salamina
, directed by
David Trueba
, and which earned her a nomination for the 2003 Goya Awards in the category of best supporting female performer.
She has also acted in
Celos
, by
Vicente Aranda
, for which she was nominated in 1999 for the Goya for Best New Actress and for which she won the Best New Actress Award at the Toulouse Film Festival that same year. At the same time, he has had prominent roles in films such as
If they tell you that I fell
and
Carmen
, both also directed by Aranda;
Broken Silence
, by
Montxo Armendáriz
;
Barcelona (a map)
, by
Ventura Pons
or
Risen
, by director
Kevin Reynolds
.
"I support the candidacy of Ione for his honesty and for his tireless fight for social justice. At this time when thinking about the community is difficult for us,
Belarra
casts an open look at the grassroots and teamwork," he said.
Botto
insured
in statements sent by said sources.
Roberto Sotomayor joins the "new challenge" to "transform" the country
For his part,
Roberto Sotomayor
has had one of the leading figures in
Spanish
athletics
in recent years.
Specifically, in his record there are three
European champion
titles
in 1,500 and 3,000 sprint meters and he was
double runner-up
in the
world
in the World Cup in Korea.
In addition, he has two world record masters still in force.
His retirement as a senior athlete came in 2016 in his hometown,
Madrid
, at the age of 38, at the
Spanish Absolute Championships
.
"I come from a family with a marked political and unionist character. I see sport as an effective tool for socializing transformation. And equality, respect, tolerance and effort as values that I want to put into practice in this new challenge with
United We Can
, to face a new stage, next to the best team, and to make possible a great social project and to be able to transform our country into a more plural, fairer and more democratic place ",
Sotomayor
explained
.
Precisely both participated in the act of support for the candidacy of
United We Can
in the last Madrid elections together with other cultural figures such as the singer-songwriter
Ismael Serrano
and the actors
Alberto San Juan
,
Carlos Bardem
and
Juan Diego Botto
, precisely the brother of
María Botto.
.
Value of social activism
On the other hand,
Ione Belarra
also reflects the role of social activism, which is one of the hallmarks of her candidacy, with the incorporation of
Alejandra Jacinto
, a lawyer who has collaborated with platforms such as the
Platform for People Affected by Mortgage
.
Along these lines, he also adds to his list
Serigne Mbaye
, an activist for the rights of migrants and who was the spokesperson for
the Madrid Manteros Union
.
The two were high-profile additions to
Pablo Iglesias'
candidacy
for 4-M.
Belarra
also wanted to present her candidacy in
Valencia
as a gesture to the importance of the different territories of the country, not only
Madrid
, for the political project that she aspires to command.
It also does so in an autonomous community in which
Podemos
is part of the regional Executive.
Within the party, it is pointed out that
Belarra
will have various members of the current leadership of
Podemos
, although the until now acting Secretary of Organization and deputy in Congress,
Alberto Rodríguez
,
will not be part of the new Executive.
past that closed a stage.
The calendar of development of the fourth
Citizen Assembly
of
Podemos
establishes that the candidatures will be officially published this Thursday.
For the moment,
Belarra is starting
as the main candidate and her intention to aspire to lead
Podemos
has also been advanced by
the councilor in the
San Lorenzo de El Escorial City Council
,
Esteban Tettamanti
.
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