Zaragoza (EFE).- The regional coordinator of Podemos Aragón and the only deputy elected from the formation after the defeat suffered in the 28M elections, Maru Díaz, has announced that she is leaving politics. Therefore, she will not collect her deputy act and after the general elections in July she will cease to be the leader of the party in the community.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Díaz acknowledges that after “the disastrous result” of the elections and the “clear and forceful message” sent by the voters, it is time to “assume responsibilities” and “take a step back.” His wish is that the “sovereign militancy” be the one to choose “the new course” that the organization has to take.
“If in victory you have to be generous, I have always believed that in defeat you have to be brave and know how to step aside in search of the hope that I trust is yet to come,” says Díaz. She has been counselor for Science, University and the Knowledge Society in the quadripartite government of the socialist Javier Lambán in this 2019-2023 legislature.
In his farewell, Maru Díaz (Tarazona, Zaragoza, 1990), shows his desire that “the wave that has dyed the autonomies blue and green” does not reach the Government of Spain, alluding to the victory of the PP in the municipal elections and regional governments and the growth of Vox.
Height of vision, generosity and humility
And for this reason, before the next generals on July 23, he considers that “high vision, generosity and humility are crucial to protect and preserve the coalition government that has done so much good to ordinary people in our country.” .
The Sumar movement of Yolanda Díaz and Podemos at the state level are still negotiating their integration into a left-wing coalition for these elections.
Díaz, who obtained her first seat as a deputy in June 2015, pours out words of gratitude for these eight years “serving Aragón”. She considers it a “special” honor to have been able to lead the community from the executive in a “so complicated” legislature, marked by the covid-19 pandemic.
“I know that I am leaving a better Aragon than the one I found when I entered politics,” he says, thanks to “many people who have worked their butt off these years and who I carry in my heart.”
And he adds that since politics is done from “every corner” of life, he warns that she will continue to do it, even if it is no longer “from the front row.”
Podemos obtained fourteen deputies in the Cortes and 135,554 votes in 2015, to drop to 53,468 and five seats in 2019 and remain with a single parliamentarian and 26,087 votes in the last elections.