• We can The nucleus of Pablo Iglesias is activated around Ione Belarra to control Yolanda Díaz

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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