The Minister for Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda, Ione Belarra, will bring to the next Council of Ministers the dismissal of the PCE leader, Enrique Santiago, as Secretary of State for the 2030 Agenda and the appointment in her place of Lilith Verstrynge, current secretary of organization for Can. "Reorganization of the teams" is the explanation given by the ministry, with the aim of "reinforcing the feminist and ecological approach of the Sustainable Development Goals and the international profile of the Ministry".
The possible dismissal of Santiago was a growing rumor since the Andalusian elections. During the eventful negotiation of the candidacy of Por Andalucía, from Podemos Enrique Santiago was personally accused of "treason" for supporting the candidacy of Inma Nieto, from IU, instead of advocating that the candidate proposed by Podemos, Juan Antonio, lead the list. Thin.
The tension generated by this process, with the presentation of the Sumar process in the background, was also behind the dismissal of Amanda Meyer, from IU, as chief of staff of the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, last month.
The unambiguous alignment with the Yolanda Díaz project that both the IU and the PCE carried out months ago has not ceased to raise suspicions in Podemos, from whose ministries members of both organizations have been leaving in favor of purple party positions. On the same July 9, during the State Citizen Council of Podemos that was held at the same time as the PCE congress, very critical voices were heard from the leadership of Podemos with the attitude of Santiago and the Communist Party, which the day before had together with Amanda Meyer —number two on the Santiago list— at the Sumar debut in Matadero.
With the integration of the organization secretary of Podemos in the ministry, Santiago will carry out parliamentary coordination tasks, as he himself has announced, to carry out the legislative agenda agreed by PSOE and United We Can, with special attention to the repeal of the gag law.
