Podemos has expelled the Minister for Equality, Participation and the 2030 Agenda of the Government of La Rioja,

Raquel Romero

, and six members of her team from the party.

The argument used by the State Guarantees Commission is that they were not complying with the obligation to donate part of their salaries to training, however, sources from Romero's environment denounce that it is a political retaliation for having approached

Yolanda Díaz

to work on the configuration of the "broad front" promoted by the vice president.

With this sanction, the question arises as to what will happen to Romero in the Government of La Rioja, since the legislative agreement with the PSOE is based on the requirement of forming part of a coalition.

In fact, that was the reason why the current counselor blocked the investiture of the president of La Rioja,

Concha Andreu

, in 2019, when against the guidelines of the purple party she voted "no" until her request was accepted.

The seat of this sole deputy of Podemos is key for there to be a majority of the left in the regional Parliament

Sources close to Romero stress that the Podemos apparatus has used the issue of donations as an excuse, but that in reality it all has to do with internal tensions and misgivings within Podemos regarding Yolanda Díaz's project.

Thus, these sources explain that in this "total war" both the counselor and her team have been working for a long time with Diaz's supporters to "build something new" that surpasses United We Can.

And that is why the national leadership is now punishing them.

On the other hand, among the expelled members of Podemos that make up Romero's team there are several people who were part of Pablo Iglesias and Irene Montero's most trusted nucleus a few years ago, such as

Fran Casamayor

or

María Espinosa

, with whom the relationship was broken. relationship in early 2019.

Ethical code

Official sources of Podemos affirm to this newspaper that the file on Romero "is not yet final" and explain that it is opened by Guarantees "for breach of the Code of Ethics of Podemos in terms of salary limitation."

It is pointed out that the counselor and her entire team "have not limited their salary and have not donated the excess" and that this problem goes back a long way.

"This commitment to donate appears in the Code of Ethics of Podemos, voted by all in the Citizen Assemblies and is voluntarily accepted by all those registered in Podemos, especially by those who run for public office. It is one of our hallmarks," they point out. these sources, which emphasize that this is why it is filed.

Likewise, they draw attention to the fact that during the open process neither she nor anyone from the team have presented allegations to the file opened by the Guarantees Commission.

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