• Bases of the program Yolanda Díaz reveals the lines of Sumar and proposes a "universal inheritance" when she turns 18 at the expense of the heritage of the rich
  • Sumar Policy adopts "plurinationalism" as a "new model" of country and avoids the right to decide

Beyond the "universal inheritance" of 20,000 euros that every young person would receive when they turn 18, housing policies to limit the purchase of flats in large cities if it is not to live or the "new territorial contract" to fit the "plurinationality" of Spain, the main lines of the political project of Yolanda Díaz contain many other proposals of depth in the 35 documents already public and elaborated by a thousand of professionals and activists. They are the framework of Sumar's future electoral program. However, there are still months more to be considered definitive, as a participatory process has been opened so that supporters can make contributions. This phase will last until the end of summer, when the final version of the "country project for the next decade" that Díaz will lead in the elections will be published.

Democratic quality

This area, coordinated by Professor Ignacio Sánchez Cuenca, one of Zapatero's intellectual references, proposes "reducing the power of the parties" to avoid the "partisan colonization of institutions". It is committed to dismantling its "invasive" role in spaces such as the CIS, Correos, Paradores Nacionales or the National Library, which must be politically neutral. It also proposes to reduce political influence in the election of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the Constitutional Court, the Court of Auditors and the Ombudsman. It advocates establishing a system of appointments based on "plural and impartial appointments commissions", in which the Government or Congress do participate but which also, and would be the great novelty, includes "special bodies of the administration" and "members of civil society related to the type of position". A mixed system would be born, since the document states that the "alternative" to partisanship "cannot be corporatism."

The text proposes "experimenting with new ways of doing politics" to give participation to citizens, with a striking proposal: to create citizen assemblies by lottery. They would promote discussions and action on various issues. Something like institutionalizing the circles of the first Podemos. The example of success would be Ireland, where in 2016 it was possible to "unblock" the abortion conflict. The proposals of these citizens' assemblies would not be binding – as they do not have representative legitimacy – but they could be attended to by the public authorities or submitted to a referendum. It is proposed for the municipal, regional and national level.

Justice

In the document coordinated by Fernando Salinas, former magistrate of the TS and vice president of the CGPJ, it is proposed that in that governing body of the judges the members automatically cease in "a short period of time" when their mandate has expired. This would force it to begin its renewal, its underline, and a blockade like the current one would be avoided.

Another controversial issue this legislature is also addressed: the pardon. There is talk of "reviewing" this figure and the elaboration of a new law "reinforcing the requirement of public interest in its concession". That interest was wielded by Sánchez to get those convicted by the procés out of prison.

Finally, it is proposed to "promote restorative justice" so that it has a positive impact on the victim or society, so that imprisonment or fines can even be replaced "by the obligation of community work of a social nature or by the obligation to care for victims of similar crimes".

Care

One of the great proposals is the reduction of the weekly working day to 32 hours "in general". It is justified by the need to adapt work to care tasks and promote the reconciliation of personal and family life. This proposal, which Íñigo Errejón already put on the table, gave rise to a pact with Díaz to launch a pilot program financed by the Ministry of Labor to test the four-day workday in SMEs.

Safety

It is committed to "repealing" the reviewable permanent prison. Also for "reopening the debate on the decriminalization of certain drugs" in order to reinvest police and economic resources in other areas. There are measures on police forces. One of the most prominent is to regulate the use of personal cameras, so that there is a "reliable record" of police interactions with citizens.

Youth

It is proposed to lower the voting age to 16. A tool to facilitate participation in the future. It is proposed to "start" to test this measure "in European and/or municipal elections".

Energy

It is requested "to establish for each type of family unit a minimum vital energy that has a reduced cost or even zero if its state is of vulnerability". And in parallel, a drastic plan to limit fuels. By 2025 it is proposed to ban the use of diesel vehicles in low-emission zones in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. In 2030 that veto would reach gasoline. The Sustainable Mobility document already raises taxes on diesel and gasoline and, in addition, tolls for the use of highways or even to move within the "big cities" in which there is a metro. Those tolls would be paid 'according to the rent, use and motorisation of the vehicle'.

Taxation...

In the economic document, it is pointed to a "progressive tax reform" so that "contribute more" large companies and assets and capital income. It establishes three lines: personal income tax, corporate tax and wealth taxation. As for personal income tax, it proposes "to disaggregate the section between 60,000 and 299,999 euros in several sections with the aim of applying different and increasing rates". Marginal rates would be raised in the "higher" income brackets to boost "progressivity and increase revenue." Just as the rates and tranches in capital income would also be increased. On corporate tax, it sets it at 15% "on the accounting profit regardless of the result of the declaration" and obliges "large companies – which take advantage of all deductions and tax regimes and do not enter anything or very little – to have at least a minimum contribution ". In any case, it is proposed to "review and cut" deductions or exemptions.

... And rich

Two ways: 1. Make the tax on large fortunes "permanent", with a "minimum" in all autonomies and avoiding bonuses that reduce its impact. 2. Increase the collection capacity of the Inheritance and Donations tax with minimum and cutting reductions, bonuses and deductions. "It is about preventing the possible downward spiral of competition from ending with the virtual disappearance of the tax, at least in the transmissions of wealth between direct relatives." "It is necessary, he remarks, "to recover the collection capacity" of this tax.

  • General Council of the Judiciary
  • Add
  • Personal Income Tax
  • Supreme Court
  • Court of Auditors
  • Constitutional court
  • CIS
  • José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
  • Yolanda Diaz
  • Justice

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