Sira Rego announces her candidacy to succeed Alberto Garzón as leader of Izquierda Unida
The Minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego, announced early this Wednesday her intention to run as federal coordinator of Izquierda Unida, a position in which she would succeed Alberto Garzón. Through a video published on social networks, the leader, number two in the Executive led by the former Minister of Consumption, defines her political force as “the left that was, is and will be”, title of the political document that the current leadership has presented to the XIII Federal Assembly of the formation, which is held on May 18 and 19. From that meeting, both IU's strategic line and the team in charge of leading the party for the next four years will be approved.
In a message recorded on the street, with several elements that allude to the feminist struggle and the conflict in Gaza, Rego warns that we are entering one of the “darkest episodes since the Second World War.” “It doesn't matter whether we look at our neighborhoods, at the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea or at Gaza. And bankers, gentlemen, and racists who fan the fire of fear for their own benefit are not going to rescue us from this darkness,” she adds. Faced with this context, the minister presents a candidacy, she says, with the aim of betting “on bridges instead of walls” and “debating to break the siege of tension.”
The head of Youth and Children advocates continuing to “build and strengthen” an organization “that does not close itself in on itself,” that can be “a reference in the institutions to continue advancing rights,” but that “never locks itself in palaces.” and “know that its sap emanates from the streets, the squares, the territories and from taking care of what is nearby.” In the general elections of last June 23, Izquierda Unida won five of the 31 deputies of Sumar and currently occupies one of the five ministries assigned to the minority partner of the coalition.