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Suso Díaz (Ferrol, 1944) is a Galician historical trade union leader known for his involvement in the naval revolts of 72. Secretary General of CC.OO in Galicia from 1989 to 2000, he was a member of the PCE in hiding. Reason why he ended up imprisoned during the Franco regime. Younger trade unionists consider him "everyone's grandfather", but he is, above all, the father of Minister Yolanda Díaz. And they look a lot alike.

Resident in the town of O Porto de Santa Cruz in A Coruña, he announces his candidacy for Unidas Podemos in the city of A Coruña as the last of the electoral list headed by José Manuel Sande. A decision with which he seeks to put the unity of the left in the middle of the schism of progressivism at the state level.

It is presented as closing of the list of José Manuel Sande in A Coruña. Why? I am a member of Izquierda Unida, the Communist Party and I pay the fee to Sumar. I have overbooking of party quotas, but luckily in Galicia and A Coruña there is unity between Podemos and IU. It seemed appropriate to put myself in last place on the list to mean that I think it is very positive that the parties of Unidas Podemos are all going together. It is what it is about, to be united together and also for the PSOE to do its job to win the next General Elections. Unfortunately, the colleagues of Podemos at the state level decided not to go to the act of Sumar, which seems to me a very important mistake. They have been betraying Yolanda every other day and that does not lead to anything good. What would you ask of Podemos? That the management make an exercise of reflection, that they stop with these tensions, that there is silence and not noise, that they meet and reach an agreement. Yolanda is an example of how to channel politics: without noise, exposing programs, doing positive things for people and respecting adversaries even if you do not agree with them. Without having to be in tension every holy day.What has happened to the purples? Politics is hard work, but also beautiful and productive. Unidas Podemos in the coalition government demonstrated it: there are all the laws that the five ministers made, which are very positive. They should and should be proud of having helped the most precarious families to improve their situation. In a recent video Podemos points to Díaz.No I've seen it, but from what I heard they are not pretty things. I don't know what all this is about, I'm puzzled. It gives the impression that the leadership of Podemos does not want to reach agreements, but ruptures. I hope that is my mistake. This does not contribute anything to reach unity. They are putting pressure on Yolanda every day.Have you talked to your daughter these days? No, not yesterday or the day before yesterday. He found out I was last on the list and congratulated me by message. This weekend he will come here and I will take the opportunity to talk, although I am not one of those who gives the tabarra. When he comes through the village he does it to rest. He is a person with a lot of experience, who knows what he wants, what he has to do at all times without me telling him anything. Although from time to time we talk about politics and I give you my opinion, but not the murga.¿What differentiates Yolanda? She already saw me: my life, trade unionism, strikes... She was a labor lawyer. He had many positions and negotiations. He knows that you have to negotiate and that you will not always get 100% when you agree with the PSOE, for example.

A few years ago Suso was widowed and both her life and that of her three children changed completely. "She was a great woman," he says, recalling Carmela Perez, Yolanda's mother. His granddaughter is named after his beloved wife.

Today he is a man who likes to be quiet with his collection of jazz vinyls and an extensive library. He is passionate about quiet reading and feels comfortable in secluded places. He considers that A Coruña is an immense city and Madrid, almost unfathomable.

Did Yolanda meet Carrillo as a child? With six years, in the first political elections of July of 77. He was in Ferrol. In my house there have been many people: shipyard workers, politicians, trade unionists and people of cultural activity and poetry. He met many. By the way, from that we set up a theater group that came to perform in many places in the state. From there came Mabel Rivera (winner of the Goya in 2004 for Mar Adentro).- They say you have a collection of chilometric vinyls. I especially like jazz and classical music. I only use vinyl and I like to read the biographies of the musicians. So you know that Beethoven was a progressive or that some composers escaped Nazism.-Is Yolanda just as a reader? She is a devourer of books: economics, music, philosophy, history, poetry, novel... Since she was a child she reads a lot, we had at home a library where there were Galician authors and books of Marxism.-Has she taken her library to Madrid? Most of the books are in Ferrol, but in Madrid he has a good library and in the office of the Ministry as well. What does your daughter Carmela mean to Yolanda? He always mentions her... The most important thing. She is 11 years old, born on March 8, Working Women's Day. She is an affectionate girl, quiet, very studious and a good reader too. From here I send him storybooks in Galician. I don't want you to lose contact with Galicia.Do you see your daughter a lot? Little. She spends her life in the Ministry. When I go there, I take the girl to school, pick her up, give her dinner and go to bed. I stay with Andrés (her husband) and at 12 o'clock at night I go to bed and I don't see her until she gets up at 7. Sometimes we drink coffee near his work. People stop her and ask for pictures.

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