Compromís reaffirms its negotiation with Sumar and denies vetoes: "We can, it is not Pablo Iglesias"

“We can is not Pablo Iglesias, who does not even have a position in the party”. With this phrase they dispatch in Compromís the latest attacks launched by Iglesias against the Valencian formation, which they have once again accused of vetoing Podemos on the lists that should come out of the pact with Sumar. An extreme that even Joan Baldoví himself has denied.

If Iglesias now revolts against Compromís, it is because the nationalists have proposed a face-to-face negotiation with the leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz. In other words, without Podemos involved and with the demand on the table that Compromís be the one who leads the Valencian candidacy. In practice, this would mean that it would be the nationalists who would decide at least the starting positions for Castellón, Valencia and Alicante, leaving Podemos with no room for maneuver and probably without the possibility of achieving representation by the Valencian Community..

The argument of Compromís is none other than the results of the last regional elections, where the debacle of United We Can has put an end to its existence in the Valencian Parliament. Therefore, they insist on Compromís, it is the coalition that leads the space to the left of the PSOE in the Valencian Community.

“Compromís negotiates with a single electoral actor”, they emphasize, which is none other than Sumar. “The parties that are or are not in Sumar will be a decision of Sumar,” insist sources from Compromís, who does not object to the fact that the positions on the lists that remain for Sumar are in turn occupied by people from Podemos. “There will be no problem,” they promise. But that will depend on what Sumar and Podemos agree on later..

In this line, Baldoví has declared to TVE: “We are negotiating this agreement with Sumar and we have never said this person or this other has to go or does not have to go”. The leader of Compromís has lamented the “absolutely unfounded reproaches” of Iglesias that, in reality, are not new. In Compromís, the words of Minister Irene Montero still sting, who campaigned in Valencia against the Valencian coalition, reducing it to a mere comparsa of the PSOE and “centre party”.

In Compromís, however, they have already become accustomed to the outbursts of Podemos, which fall within the electoral and negotiation periods. In fact, the friction is not new between those who have been government partners, since the refusal of Compromís to an alliance with Unidas Podemos in the face of 28-M already caused a struggle between the two formations.

The question, therefore, is whether this escalation of tension could end up harming the future coexistence between Sumar's allies. And more taking into account the precedent of breaking in the Congress of Deputies of Compromís with Podemos in 2016, which later ended up decanting the policy of alliances of the Valencian formation towards Más País.

In Compromís they are now fighting to preserve their autonomy in Sumar precisely to avoid past problems. What’s more, they are confident that they will be able to close a deal between Wednesday and Thursday. “We are clear about who our enemy is,” they point out. And no, it is not Podemos, but the right.

The other front that Compromís has open has to do with its own militancy. There are critical voices -especially from the most nationalist sector- that claim to the leadership to submit the agreement with Sumar to a consultation, so that the bases can pronounce themselves. However, this option is ruled out. First, because it has never been done, according to the sources consulted. And second, because it corresponds to the national tables and to the National Consell to validate the electoral agreements that the direction explores and negotiates.