The head of the list of Podemos in Asturias to the elections of May 28, Cova Tomé, and his team of collaborators have ended five days of confinement at the headquarters of the party in Gijón. This group of critics of the regional leadership consider fulfilled the "objective" that the list was "respected" and registered before the Electoral Board as it came out of the primaries of the purple party. It is a reason that they wielded to barricade themselves in the premises last Thursday afternoon.

Despite declaring themselves "especially satisfied" for having "achieved", Tomé has regretted that they have not been able to prevent the Asturian leadership from leaving out Jorge Fernández, number four of the candidacy, on which there is a disqualification for workplace harassment.

The fact that Fernández was removed raised doubts about what the candidate's reaction would ultimately be. Tomé has settled the issue and she and the others will go ahead as candidates in the Asturian elections. She will be number one, followed by Xune Elipe and Laura Tuero. The fourth position is officially for Ana Taboada, the first person related to the leadership of Podemos in Asturias.

"We are not going to give the party to anyone," Tomé stressed in a statement to the media, in which he stressed that they have "fought a lot" to abandon the electoral candidacy now.

In any case, he has warned that the road "does not end here" with the end of the confinement because, in addition to appealing the decision of the party before the ordinary justice, his intention is to have Fernández in the "work teams" that are formed after the elections.

Tomé has said that only getting the presence of the first three on the list "respected" was something that was "unimaginable" a few weeks ago and that, therefore, it is a "great victory" thanks to the "cohesion" and the "push" of the militants of Podemos. "There were many interests in Asturias for us not to be," he said.

After many months of struggle with the Asturian leadership, led by Rafa Palacios, and also with the national leadership of Podemos, Tomé and his people are already 100% campaigning. It is unknown whether or not all this confrontation will take its toll on Podemos at the polls. Precisely in Asturias it has direct competition against IU, which is presented separately with its own list. This is something that only happens in Aragon. In the other ten autonomous communities there is unity between the two. In Asturias, no, and IU has been reinforced with Más País in the regional candidacy and with Gaspar Llamazares in the municipal list of Oviedo.

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