Alvaro Carvajal Madrid

Madrid

Updated Thursday, February 29, 2024-02:12

The plans for the implementation of Sumar in the different autonomous communities are colliding head-on with the territorial allies of Yolanda Díaz, who are becoming increasingly suspicious of the attempts that are being made to land the new brand in their fiefdoms.

These maneuvers are now resulting in strong tensions within the political space, as parties such as Más Madrid and Compromís have stood up against Sumar's desire to create their own structures in their regions.

This clash is replicated with equal intensity in Aragón with

Chunta

and in the Balearic Islands with

Més

.

The four share "common strategies" to guarantee their own autonomy and, to that end, in recent hours meetings have been held to shore up a shared pressure front on Sumar.

These forces have roots and a consolidated trajectory that they intend to safeguard.

That is why they refuse to roll out a red carpet so that Díaz can take away a part of the space that they have been building for years.

They claim to be the leading parties in their respective autonomies and to be the ones who exclusively represent the alternative left space there, beyond incorporating profiles of Sumar or IU in electoral lists, say sources from two of these annoying parties.

The trigger for the new tensions is Díaz's intention to create his own regional and municipal structures.

Sumar's first step has been to call meetings in cities and neighborhoods to gather supporters and test how many are involved.

The pretext for these meetings has been to debate the documents of the new party.

But the next steps forward will be taken starting on March 23, when the founding congress of Sumar is held.

"Generosity" versus "candor"

These meetings "through the back door" and "in the middle of negotiations" about Sumar's relations with his partners have set off alarm among Díaz's allies.

More Madrid raised its voice to defend its space from what it sees as interference.

He warned that "anyone who confuses his "generosity" to grow Sumar's space in national politics with "candor" is "wrong."

However, sources from Díaz's party downplay all this controversy: "The relationship is fine."

The unrest fructified yesterday into something concrete.

More Madrid and Compromís closed ranks in a kind of common front to pressure Díaz.

Yesterday there was a meeting between

Manuela Bergerot

, spokesperson in the Assembly, and

Amparo Piquer

, general secretary of Més - the majority party of Compromís -, in which they strengthened "common strategies to ensure the autonomy of the organizations."

Later, the Valencian leader held meetings with the deputies of Chunta and Més in Congress.

The sources consulted indicate that the reading is shared, the four "want the same thing."

That Sumar be built "with the territorial forces" and not "against" them.

So Díaz already knows that he is going to crash head-on into them.

The only different case is that of Catalunya en

Comú

.

Sources from the Catalan space view the meetings with the militants favorably and even participate in them.

It is true that they know that Sumar would be integrated into that formation.

The debate is going to get worse as the partners begin to join forces.