Alejandra Jacinto leaves her positions in Podemos to return to her activity as a lawyer

Podemos' housing secretary and party leader, Alejandra Jacinto, has announced that she is leaving her positions in the purple formation and institutional politics, to return to her professional activity as a lawyer in favor of the right to housing..

He also expresses that Podemos is going to undertake an “organizational and programmatic renewal” in the near future, which he considers “timely and necessary.”. And “beyond the logical and necessary discrepancies that must exist in every organization”, he understands that Podemos and its militancy “continue to be one of the essential ingredients for democratic progress to be possible in Spain.”.

It has been an honor to be part of the leadership of Podemos.

We will continue to meet defending the right to housing and just causes. https://t.co/LCUF5Xgchn pic.twitter.com/1Ui9sN8pxP

— Alejandra Jacinto (@AleJacintoUrang) October 2, 2023

On the other hand, he explains that the “internal dynamics of the parties and coalitions are necessary” for their democratic functioning, in reference to Podemos and Sumar, but “they should not stifle the propositional debate or displace the role that civil society plays as a guarantee and engine in an advanced democracy that must be built together, every day, from many places”.

“I have always believed that confluence, diversity and cooperation at the service of the common objectives of social change mark the path for authentic revolutions,” he explained in a statement in which he explained that he had communicated his decision to the party leader. , Ione Belarra, to cease the “organic responsibilities that he maintained” in Podemos, thanking him for his trust.

Jacinto was signed by the former party leader Pablo Iglesias for the Unidas Podemos candidacy, which she led in Madrid before the 2021 electoral advance, becoming a regional deputy..

He then led the list of Podemos, IU and Alianza Verde in the 28M elections in this region, although he was left out of the Madrid Assembly by not obtaining the 5% of votes necessary to enter the regional parliament.. In addition, he served as state co-spokesperson for the party, although after the electoral setback he stopped appearing in the party..

Jacinto also joined Sumar's campaign team as housing spokesperson during Sumar's electoral campaign for the 23-J elections and was on the coalition list for the Madrid constituency, although in a delayed position (number 15)..

The blow of being left out of the Madrid Assembly

In his writing, Jacinto recognizes that not having achieved representation in Madrid for Unidas Podemos in the regional elections was a “hard blow” for the transformative left.. He also argues that the current political situation “contains elements of great complexity and difficult balances between the various identities that participate in the vocation for social change.”.

“This represents an enormous opportunity for progress for the profound transformation that our country needs in areas such as the effectiveness of social rights, feminism, the fight against the climate crisis, the plurinational reality of the state and democratic improvement. I would dare to say that collective success will depend largely on the best tendencies of cooperation between the various actors.. It is because of this cooperation that I have always opted for in my career,” Jacinto explains..

The former leader of Podemos points out that during her time in institutional politics she has learned that “citizens cannot remain alien to the institutions that govern, nor can institutions live apart from the citizens that give meaning to their mandate.”.

Jacinto, whom several party sources saw as distant from the leadership of the party for a long time, explains that his political journey has been guided by “commitment to decency and honesty”, and with that desire he dedicated his efforts to the regional campaign. in Madrid to try to reverse the “regressive” policy of the PP.

“We try to lay the foundations for a project of promising political and social confluence. We didn't achieve it by very little,” he emphasizes to apologize to the more than 160,000 voters who supported his candidacy on March 28..