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Updated Wednesday, February 14, 2024-09:53
The former Minister of Consumption and former coordinator of IU, Alberto Garzón, has resigned from joining Acento, the public affairs consultancy founded and directed by the former socialist leader José Blanco after the criticism received from the left.
Garzón was going to assume the GeoPolitical Prospective Directorate of Acento, in addition to continuing his work with the consulting firm with his other academic projects, as well as collaborations with the media.
In a message published in He alludes to the criticism that Podemos launched yesterday after learning of his signing for Acento.
Garzón was Minister of Consumption in the first coalition government of Pedro Sánchez with Unidas Podemos and he moved away from the political front line by not being a candidate for the July 23 elections and announcing in November that he was no longer the federal coordinator of IU, although He did not formally say goodbye until December 1.
The consulting firm promoted by Pepe Blanco and chaired by former PP leader Alfonso Alonso, defines itself as an organization that practices, "solely and exclusively, public affairs in its multiple dimensions" with a transversal team with political experience. , among whom are Elena Valenciano, Valeriano Gómez, Elena Pisonero and José María Lassalle, among other people who stood out in the political field.