It was one of the great surprises of Yolanda Díaz's interview last Sunday on La Sexta. The leader of Sumar hinted that she will vote for Mónica García, from Más Madrid, in the regional elections and not for United We Can. This is how they have interpreted it from different sectors of the political space, not only Podemos, which of course. Barely 36 hours later, some of the vice president's allies have distanced themselves from her and have come out in defense of Alejandra Jacinto, who is the United Podemos candidate for the Madrid elections.
One of those partners is Izquierda Unida, which is one of the organizations that are involved in this Madrid candidacy.. The federal coordinator of IU, Alberto Garzón, has announced that she will have her “vote”. It would not be news for the head of a political formation to announce that if it were not for the fact that he also understands that the idea that Díaz will support a candidacy against which they are facing has spread.
Thus, Garzón has used Twitter to praise the political figure of Jacinto. “His career as an activist and as a public representative is impeccable. Also, no less important, he does this excellent job taking care of alliances and respecting everyone”, highlighted the IU leader, who also stressed that he is running a “great” campaign.
In the same way, from the space of En Comú Podem they have wanted to send explicit support to Jacinto by pointing her out as their candidate for the Madrid elections. The leader of the commons in Congress, Jaume Asens, has assured that he will “support” the candidacy of United We Can. “I do have clear in Madrid who I am going to support,” he has had an impact.
Neither IU nor comunes reprimand Díaz directly for his words. For example Asens has made balancing act to avoid making an explicit reproach. “He did not surprise me,” he said, “he did not say what exactly he would do.”
The choice is complicated for Diaz because there are formations that are aligning with Sumar competing against lists headed by Podemos, which for now maintains distances and strong disagreements with them. It happens with special incidence in Madrid, but also in the Valencian Community (Compromís) or Drago Verdes Canarias (in the islands). These three organizations were supporting Díaz in Magariños. Just as, by the way, so were Garzón and Asens with very powerful delegations of IU and the commons.