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A few hours after the expiration of the term for the parties to the left of the PSOE to present a single candidacy to compete in the next Andalusian elections, the former secretary general of Podemos Pablo Iglesias has broken into the negotiation and has defended this Friday that the deputy A

national of United We Can for Cádiz,

Juan Antonio Delgado

, would be an "incredible candidate" for the Junta de Andalucía in the elections on June 19 for his "profile" and for being

a civil guard

by profession.

It will be at 00.00 hours this Saturday when the term ends for the six parties seeking the

confluence of the left to

register their candidacy for the Andalusian elections.

This Friday, the negotiations are still open around who will be the headliner.

Those responsible for the parties seem determined to

rush the deadlines as much as possible

, but they trust that there will be an agreement this afternoon.

The six parties of the possible confluence are Podemos, Izquierda Unida,

Más País

,

Equo

,

Initiative of the Andalusian People

and

Alianza Verde

.

Right now, the negotiation is fractured in two.

While Podemos and Alianza Verde

want to impose

Juan Antonio Delgado as the head of the cartel, the other four parties - Izquierda Unida, Más País, Equo and the Andalusian People's Initiative - are betting on

Inmaculada Nieto

as the candidate for the Presidency of the Andalusian Government. left wing confluence.

Inmaculada Nieto (IU) is the current spokesperson for United We Can in the Andalusian Parliament and is also part of the IU executive led by Alberto Garzón, as head of its Institutional Policy.

If she finally confirms her name as head of the Izquierda Unida poster, she would have managed to prevail in the pulse held with Podemos in recent weeks, thanks to the support of most organizations.

The agreement would be possible, in any case, after the resignation of

Toni Valero

, general coordinator of IU in Andalusia, who aspired to lead the new electoral coalition.

But the struggle over who will be the headliner in the Andalusian elections goes beyond the Andalusian community.

Pablo Iglesias has opted this Friday for Delgado and the second vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, showed this Thursday at the Seville Fair her

explicit support

for Inmaculada Nieto.

Although when she was asked about the negotiations, Yolanda Díaz spoke of "adding" and did not want to give any names, the truth is that the images she left of her time at the Real showed her endorsement of Inmaculada Nieto.

In the family photos with the representatives of the six parties seeking confluence, the minister always stood next to Nieto.

Both smiling

.

And, later, for a walk through the Fair, both walked together hugging and away from the rest of the leaders of Podemos.

It seemed that the balance was going to tip this Thursday in favor of the IU candidate against that of Podemos and that the fringes of the agreement were going to be closed at the Seville Fair, but it was not like that.

This Friday the negotiation continues, already far from Real's albero.

Primaries of Podemos

Despite the fact that the six leftist parties have been seeking an agreement since last January to run together in the Andalusian elections, Podemos promoted their own primaries in Andalusia to choose their candidate.

5,932 people participated and Juan Antonio Delgado received 4,215 votes, 71.05%, according to data from the

purple

formation .

Pablo Iglesias has said that Delgado would be an "incredible candidate, precisely because he is a civil guard, and because of his profile", although the former national leader of Podemos has insisted that it is not up to him to

"say anything"

, but that those who should "talk" are "We can, IU and the political forces that have to agree".

"I can say what I think in the media, but it is not for me to make any analysis or comment," he added.

In any case, he has warned that the next Andalusian elections are

"very important"

and "many things are at stake" in them, because "if the numbers are given to the right, we will see the second coalition government of the extreme right and the right in Spain", something "enormously dangerous", according to Iglesias.

From there, "it is essential that there is a strong candidacy from the left that proposes a project for Andalusia to defend social rights and that can convince many Andalusians."

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