The leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, took for granted the victory of the left in the elections this Sunday in Spain and announced that she will start talks with all the progressive forces to “guarantee the Government of Spain.”
In a statement at the Sumar headquarters in Madrid, the also vice-president of the Government that heads the PSOE has said that the progressives will remain committed to working for a better Spain to “continue conquering rights.”
“That’s what the public is about: more health, more education, more life,” said Díaz, interrupted several times by shouts of “president, president,” according to the Spanish news agency EFE.
Sumar, which is a member of far-left parties that were part of Unidas Podemos, elected 31 deputies, according to the provisional results of the early elections, while the PSOE socialists obtained 122.
PSOE and Sumar have 153 seats in parliament and may have more deputies than the right with the allies of the last legislature.
The right-wing bloc formed by the conservative PP and the far-right VOX did not achieve the absolute majority of 176 deputies that the polls anticipated.
The PP won the elections and elected 136 deputies and VOX was left with 33, totaling 169 seats.
“Democracy won today [este domingo] and it comes out stronger,” Yolanda Díaz told supporters of Sumar, who is part of the far-left parties.
The Sumar leader said people “were very concerned” about the possibility of the far-right coming to power.
“Today I think people are going to sleep more peacefully,” he said.
“From tomorrow [segunda-feira]I will begin to speak with all the progressive forces in our country to guarantee the Government in Spain”, he added.
Source: TSF
