First strong warning from Podemos to the PSOE so that it does not meddle in its internal dispute with Yolanda Díaz. And much less to help the vice president by missing Ione Belarra and Irene Montero. The way to send that message to La Moncloa, on the eve of the presentation of Sumar's candidacy for the general elections, was to shoot "the socialist José Félix Tezanos" accusing him of "manipulating" the CIS data with the aim of distorting the Unidas Podemos voting intention and thus offer the story of a downward formation and punished by the undesired consequences of the law of only yes is yes.
Beyond the arguments or the burden of proof on the specific case of the March poll, which is what is being denounced, Podemos is now opening that front in retaliation against Pedro Sánchez for the latest gestures that Moncloa has had against the two main leaders abodes. And that in the game they interpret it as an interference to wear down Montero and to ignore Belarra in the fight they have with Díaz.
You don't have to go back very long. In the case of the Minister of Equality, it has to do with the disavowal that implies the unilateral correction of the law of only yes is yes imposed by Sánchez to appease the controversy over the reduction of sentences. An issue that has caused one of the biggest internal crises within the coalition government.
In the case of the Minister of Social Rights, we must go to last Tuesday. Moncloa vetoed her appearance at a press conference after the Council of Ministers to present the approval of the Family Law, the flagship project of her department. Belarra had to resign herself to making a video later to post it on social networks. And it's not the first time it's happened. She has already been ignored in the same way with the Animal Welfare standard.
The anger of Podemos that day was enormous and they considered it a PSOE maneuver related to the political moment that the space is experiencing, convulsed by the confrontation between the purple party and Díaz. And it is that, while the ministers of Podemos are left aside, Moncloa has been pampering the second vice president. The best example was the motion of no confidence, where she was given the opportunity to unofficially present her candidacy for the elections and shine in a highly relevant debate. It was the staging of the Sánchez-Díaz electoral ticket.
After Tuesday's episode with Belarra, Podemos exploded the next day when information from the Ser said that "socialist sources" claimed to be facilitating Díaz's strategy and elevating it above Belarra and Montero. Pablo Iglesias and other members of Podemos made a banner with that. «I hope some colleagues understand that the objective of this supposed 'help' from the PSOE is to destroy a political space with which they never wanted to govern. They forced two electoral repetitions for that and collaborated with the media sewer. If Anguita lived, I think she would say it, "said the former secretary general of Podemos at the time, in a message, with historical reference included, for the leader of Sumar.
Just two days later, Podemos launched the counterattack against the PSOE: it accuses Tezanos of "manipulating" the CIS polls. The complaint comes after five years in which parties, poll experts and political scientists have been warning about it without Podemos raising its voice. So the controversy has a very favorable breeding ground to grow and to threaten the PSOE. Since, not in vain, a government party is accusing the Executive itself, on which the CIS depends, of committing a "very serious" fraud with the "partisan" use of a public institution.
Podemos did not want to go as far yesterday as to request the resignation of Tezanos, but he did say that explanations had to be given immediately, because we are facing a situation that is "unprecedented."
The secretary of the Organization of Podemos, Lilith Verstrynge, indicated yesterday that the "manipulation" in the March barometer consisted of changing the "methodology" to "harm" United We Can. He said that when accessing the microdata they detected that when asked about the vote, if someone answers "Sumar" -Díaz's project- it does not count in favor of United We Can, as before, but now that vote is lost and is classified in the “other parties” category. In this way, she denounced her, her electoral prospects are lowered. Podemos emphasizes the moment. It took place in the middle of the internal war over the law of only yes is yes and she says that this gave rise to the publication of "false news" saying that the party suffered wear and tear because of that rule.
"What a novelty," ironized the PP. «They did not care about the manipulation of the CIS until it also reached them. Sánchez and Yolanda Díaz have decided that now Podemos is also their adversary. No more no less".
IU, unlike Podemos, emphasizes its absolute support for Yolanda Díaz and the consecration of her Sumar project, which will be presented tomorrow in Madrid with the announcement of the vice president's candidacy for the general elections. Alberto Garzón assures that it is "above all an opportunity" and says that from IU they do not see it as a "threat". This is highlighted by the federal coordinator of IU in the draft of the political report that he will present today before the leadership of the organization, where he is explicit about the importance of "being up to the historical moment" to "widen" the space to the left of the PSOE. Sumar is, reflects Garzón, “an opportunity to rebuild the support and alliances broken in recent years: among all the factions of the block of the transforming left and, ultimately, among the leftist electorate. An opportunity to add people from outside the trajectory of recent years and who can be incorporated for the first time. An opportunity to retake the initiative and to endorse the coalition government but with a more favorable balance of forces». For this reason, he rejects the temptation to seek a «defensive and identity withdrawal».
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