The Minister of Equality, Irene Monterothe Second Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Diazhave attended this Saturday the act of homage and return of the remains of the union leader Aurora Picornellshot together with another group of people known as the Rojas del Molinar in 1937. Thus, both recover a joint agenda after months of estrangement: they did not coincide in an act since the Andalusian campaign of 2022. Their break in the last year has been evident, even reaching the ground of insult.
The elections are approaching and it is time for rapprochement between Podemos and Sumar, the new political platform promoted by Yolanda Díaz that rivals the purple formation for the 2023 elections.
Irene Montero herself recently fed the evidence that highlights the problems in that relationship with Díaz, when she was asked in an interview if she had any friendship with the vice president. «Yolanda Díaz my friend? If she responds, she will be the owner of OKDIARIO », she replied, mentioning this newspaper.
«is my candidate. Let’s see, friend? You know what happens, if I say ‘She’s not my friend’ it’s the headline and if I say ‘she’s my friend’ it’s also the headline. What a question. I can’t answer,” Montero warned. «It is a relationship (with Yolanda Díaz) from many years ago. Like all relationships, sometimes it is more fluid and other times less. But it’s a longstanding relationship many years”.
The words came after Díaz did not publicly defend Montero in the scandal of the release of rapists for his law of Only yes is yes. A position that confronted him even more with leaders and purple bases.
“Stupid”
The open hostilities between the two also contributed to the comments and insults made by the founder and former leader of Podemos, Pablo IglesiasMontero’s sentimental partner, who even called Díaz “stupid” for proposing an electoral competition between Sumar and Podemos.
The relationship between the two members of the Government, who share a residence within the coalition but whose positions on practically all issues are very much at odds, has been deteriorating for years. It was during the campaign of the Andalusians the last time they were seen together, apart from a brief meeting of both this week in Congress.
With today’s event in the Balearic Islands, both resume a joint agenda in search of a rapprochement of positions in order to be able to integrate their candidacies into a single list, and not compete for an increasingly meager vote niche for the purple ones.
In fact, Montero has tried to close the gap with Díaz by expanding his international agenda with a multitude of trips, among which Argentina, Colombia or the United States stand out in search of giving the Minister of Equality a greater presidential profile. the couple of Pablo Iglesias has decided to take positions to be the best placed as ‘plan B’ in the purple formation for the next general elections. This is already requested by the most unconditional bases of Podemos and some official profiles of the training on social networks.
