The former mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, has revealed that she has received the proposal to become a minister of the Spanish government, from her political space, but that she has ruled it out.
“I have already said no,” said the former mayor in an interview this morning on RAC1, when asked about the rumors that place her among the candidates to enter the government if Pedro Sánchez's investiture comes to fruition.
“It is an honor that people trust you,” acknowledged Colau, who made it clear that “the decision has been made” while adding that he would like “people to believe it.” He even revealed, laughing, that They ask them “in line at the supermarket or at the grocery store.”
The leader of the commons has justified her decision on reasons that range between personal and her “training as an activist.” In this sense, she has regretted that she “associates politics with the desire to be in positions of power” and she has stated “I like street politics.”
Regarding the pacts with the independentistas for Sánchez's investiture, Colau has been "optimistic" to obtain an agreement with Junts after admitting that he traveled to Geneva with Jaume Asens to meet with Marta Rovira after the elections.
Colau has taken advantage of the interview to defend himself against the accusations that Pablo Iglesias made against him in the same program and other media outlets yesterday, where he was responding to statements made by the former mayor on Tuesday on RTVE.
Colau's words that sowed the seeds of discord are part of the framework of Sánchez's investiture and the position of the five Podemos deputies on the matter. The former mayor warned the purples that they had "signed an agreement with Sumar to go to elections together, which must be fulfilled", otherwise, the leader of the commons warned them, "there will be no return in economic matters", in reference to the subsidies that correspond to the training that Iglesias founded.
The former vice president assured that the BComuns leader's “threats” would have consequences, while demanding Colau apologize to his party's militancy. In addition, Iglesias also described the statements as "enormous lack of respect", "authoritarian frustration", "exhibition of helplessness" and reflecting the "pathos of her disempowerment."
Colau did not want to enter “the puddle of mud of personal accusations”, and has defended that she only tried to “remember that there is a signed pact” that binds all the formations that are included in the agreement, and that in no way case it is a threat nor that "no one has talked about withdrawing money." In fact, the former mayor has even stressed that she wants Podemos to remain within Sumar's political space.
Despite this, Colau has asked Iglesias to “apply what he says, when he goes out every week to question the leadership of Yolanda Díaz”, reproaching him for “doing it in the name of a political force” to which he no longer belongs. . “Everyone sees that she continues to serve as leader of Podemos. “She has not renounced her leadership,” the former mayor pointed out. Likewise, the leader of BComuns has let it be known that she does not want to enter the game of “who should apologize first, while there are people who continually question the leadership.”
Finally, Colau has regretted “the personal attacks” and “the overacting” that Iglesias has staged, which, in his opinion, were intended to cover up the agreement between the PSOE and Sumar, and monopolize the news in the media.
