We can proclaim his « frontal opposition » to the government’s defense policy in his new political document | Spain

For « political and moral » reasons, we can proclaim in the text that will undergo vote The V Citizen Assembly of the Party its « frontal opposition » to the defense policy promoted by the coalition government. In the political document with which Ione Belarra appears to re -election as a general secretary and that will form the organization map of the organization for the next four years, Podemos puts the focus on the European context, but also declares “essential” the “protect its autonomy” and denounces the “operation” of the PSOE to replace them for adding, moving away the possibilities of an understanding with the group of Yolanda Díaz. It also criticizes what this legislature is called « errors »: having « delivered » the Judiciary to the PP and the « scarce » forcefulness of the socialists in the face of cases of corruption in their ranks.

The party, which has also registered other usual documents – the organizational, the feminist and LGTBIQA+ and the ethical – has first prepared an anti -racist text, which claims the regularization of people in an irregular administrative situation, the closure of the CIE and proposes to establish representation quotas for immigrants.

The political document loads against the government’s decision to embark on Spain in what qualifies as « war regime », after the president has committed to accelerate the investment in defense up to 2% of GDP, and remember that Podemos was the only state force that opposed weapons to Ukraine When the conflict broke out in 2022. The matter, in any case, divides left. Recently, Add unchecked from the PSOE when voting in Congress A resolution of the BNG against the European rearme and favor of NATO’s departure.

In line with the argument deployed by the party these months, the document insists that the PSOE – according to them the only formation he sends in the Government, ninging the action of the Yolanda Díaz group – « has buried the progressive legislature. » The first error, he points out, was to deliver the General Council of the Judiciary to the right « legitimizing all the dirty judicial war that social movements, independence and we can suffer. »

The second « decisive » mistake and that in his opinion « compromises » the credibility of the socialists is the « scarce proven force » in the case of corruption that It affects the former Secretary of Organization and Former Transportation, José Luis Ábalos. « Today the president of the Government has not answered a crucial question for Spanish democracy: if he knew, when he ceased the former minister in the summer of 2021 in an absolutely unforeseen way, some of his openly corrupt actions. »

The document accounts for what it baptizes as « Operation Add », the plan that was aimed at, « replace Podemos by a more docile political force that will accept the limits imposed by the PSOE », in reference to the platform of the Second Vice President. A story that complicates the possibilities according to the current minority partner of the coalition, with which they broke in December 2023 and despite this weekend, this weekend, The Sumar Movement Assembly approved a resolution to boost alliances with other political forces. Yolanda Díaz herself has again claimed on Wednesday in RNE the need for different formations to « walk together. » However, the former secretary of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, said Monday that the project was « politically dead. » « There are people who want the extreme right to govern, » Díaz said in an interview. « Bertolt Brecht said that hatred deforms the face. So, when one in politics does not know how to differentiate the personal from the political, I think he is wrong, » he added.

« In addition to tractioning government action to the right throughout the duration of the coalition government and accusing Podemos to make ‘noise’, the PSOE worked throughout the legislature (…). To build a manageable space to its left, which accepts the limits that they mark. That is, more than anything else, the operation add (…). The key has always been to replace we can add not to add a mere change of people so that those who send in the place of the purple give up any will for deep transformation in exchange for an armistice with the Spanish power block. He holds very hard with those of Díaz.

In a section of the text in which Podemos wonders “and now, what do we do?”, The party claims that both its passage to the mixed group and having presented themselves to the European have been decisions that have “proven right” in a context, he says, “in which adversaries and allies” “gave them for dead”.

The formation is put as the main task to grow “political, socially and institutionally a left that recovers the capacity for transformation”, for which it is “essential”, he says, “that protects its autonomy and its ability to make decisions regardless of the established power and the PSOE, which has historically sought to intervene the political projects that arose to its left to leave it and produce splits,” he argues. The party also specifically asks for « collaboration » « on the foot of its own media projects, such as Channel Red », the television of Pablo Iglesias.

Belarra’s candidacy has much difference, with most guarantees. 11,979 militants have deposited their confidence in the current general secretary, compared to the 318 that Pablo Antón has, the next with more guarantees. The 2025 Assembly regulations explains that, to opt for the General Secretariat, candidates must have “a number of 800 guarantees”, so Belarra will not have any alternative candidate to revalidate the position. The act in which the new State Citizen Council and its General Secretary will be elected, in addition to approved the different political documents will take place in the Convention Pavilion of the Casa de Campo de Madrid on April 11 and 12.

Alliances

Although it is not a new clause – it was in previous documents – the organizational proposal recalls that among the powers of the State Citizen Assembly is the “choose the lists” to opt for public positions “through open primaries”, one of the main friction points with adding in 2023. Also “approve or reject any pre -electoral or post -election, government or investiture alliance or alliance how to define the framework criteria that will affect these pacts at territorial levels below the state ”. In this way, the Directorate reserves a kind of veto right to resolutions that regional citizen assemblies can adopt in this regard. Sources of the Directorate in Madrid had already slipped that any confluence policy – with adding or other parties such as the United Left, with which they share several coalitions throughout the territory – must be subject to what is decided from the state. And, if there are no advances, the first test of fire will be Castilla y León and then Andalusia in 2022.

‘Monedero case’

None of the texts includes references to complaints about episodes of sexual violence against co -founder Juan Carlos Monedero. In the feminist and LGTBIQA+document, Podemos is claimed as an organization “committed to the construction of a space of militancy and safe work for all,” he remembers, he translated into the approval of a sensitization protocol against macho and homophobic attitudes in 2017. However, he emphasizes the need to “continue moving forward” to make the party “ patriarchal ”. To do this, the text proposes to update the protocol « adapting it to legislative novelties. » That is, including the law of only yes is yes and the Trans Law. It also includes the presence of violet points and rainbow in the events and events of Podemos.