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Updated Friday, March 29, 2024-12:36

  • Elections Podemos breaks with Ada Colau's 'commons' and will not stand in the Catalan elections of 12-M

Catalunya en Comú

will compete in the 12M elections as

Comuns Sumar

, with

Jéssica Albiach

as the headliner, which will not repeat the En Comú Podem brand after

Podem Catalunya has decided not to run

in the elections.

As the comuns

revealed today

in a statement, the name chosen for the formation will be Comuns Sumar, since both the formation of

Ada Colau

and that of

Yolanda Díaz

are "two sister spaces" that join forces "from diversity" to offer voters "a broader and more diverse political platform that can launch" the country model they want for Catalonia.

The rupture at the state level between Sumar and Podemos has finally led to a definitive estrangement between the commons and Podem also in Catalonia, which led Podem Catalunya to announce last Wednesday that it would not attend the May 12 elections so as not to contribute to "fragment the left."

In this way, after having shared a parliamentary group with Catalunya en Comú in the Parliament, under the brand of En Comú Podem, this coalition will not be repeated on 12M, when the commons, who have elected Jéssica Albiach as head of the poster, will They will present under the name Comuns Sumar.

According to the

comuns

, once the list is approved by the National Training Council, with 80% of votes in favor, they will present a candidacy committed "to the progress, dialogue, inclusion and diversity that Catalonia deserves."

In this sense, the

comuns

maintain that the 12M will be a plebiscite on the model of country that the Catalans want, where the priorities of the new Government must be

the fight against drought and climate change, guaranteeing access to housing and protecting the health and public education

.

Comuns Sumar will compete in the elections with the desire to weave a project of hope and renewal for Catalonia, with a more just, inclusive and prosperous society, according to the statement from this formation.

The new alliance between the Comuns and Sumar "sends a powerful message about the importance of building

multinational alliances

in the name of the common interest and well-being of Catalan society as a whole," according to the note.