Gijón (EFE) to the party’s decision to prevent him from running in the elections for being suspended from affiliation for six months.
Fernández has appeared before the journalists together with the number 3 of the candidacy, Laura Tuero, at the Podemos headquarters in Gijón, where they have been locked up since last Thursday to demand that the regional leadership respect the result of the primaries and not remove the list to number 4, understanding that the sanction imposed on him does not disqualify him from participating in the elections.
The sector led by the head of the list, Covadonga Tomé, who will meet this afternoon to decide the steps to follow after the decision adopted by Podemos Asturies, including the possibility of maintaining or abandoning the confinement at the Gijón headquarters, has also denied the accusations. of the interim coordinator, Rafael Palacios, that they had used violence against the people who last night registered the candidacy at the headquarters of the Provincial Electoral Board.
After a dozen critics remained concentrated in front of the judicial headquarters since 6:00 p.m. with posters demanding that the list be respected, several of them, including the number two of the candidacy Xune Elipe, approached the secretary of organization, Olaya Suárez, and three other Podemos workers to demand that they inform them of the list they had presented.
Amid shouts from the rest of the gathered people, those responsible for the party left the exterior of the Palace of Justice with difficulty, a situation that, according to Tuero, responded to the interest in knowing the composition of the candidacy that was also shown by the journalists gathered there.
The until now spokesperson in the Gijón City Council has summoned Palacios to have demonstrated his “courage” by going to the Electoral Board to give explanations to the concentrates.
“Violence is that he has us for five hours without telling us anything. They went out, they were asked for the list, they did not want to give it and we asked the same as the media that were there ”, she pointed out.
That Taboada resign “for democratic dignity”
For his part, Fernández has summoned his substitute at number 4 on the list, the Oviedo councilor Ana Taboada who initially ranked seventh, not to accept this change “for democratic dignity” since what happened responds “to a punch with nocturnal and treachery”.
Taboada went on to that position after the resignation of number 5, the interim coordinator Rafael Palacios, to lead the Langreo municipal list, and by incorporating number 6, the also critical Adriana del Oso, as head of the list for the western constituency, a decision that management attributes to the fact that he lives in that region and that critics say was taken without consulting him.
The excluded candidate has also summoned Palacios to explain now “where is that party” outside of Podemos, which he said the critics would promote and has lamented that “illegitimately” someone “who destroys values” is leading the organization foundations” of a party in which he has sought “accommodation” after “a lifetime living in politics.” EFE