The "Con Todo y Para Todas, Podemos" candidacy. Yes you can!” of the current coordinator of the party in Catalonia, Conchi Abellán, has prevailed in the primary elections to the Autonomous Citizens' Assembly of Catalonia in the "With militancy We Can" candidacy, led by María Pozuelo.
Abellán, who took office in 2020, will once again be Coordinator of Podemos Catalunya thanks to the 1,211 votes garnered among the militancy, compared to the 1,059 from the alternative list led by her number two in the formation apparatus and secretary. the organisation,
Both candidates presented themselves separately despite the fact that both maintain a position aligned with the guidelines of the state leadership of Podemos regarding the reinforcement of the autonomy of Podemos and the rethinking of its relations with the rest of the formations in the space of the left. . However, the political profile of both admits nuances about the internal organization and the seal of Podem Catalunya.
Abellán agrees with all the decisions of the state leadership and remains in line with them. In fact, the leader has recently seen her loyalty to the state leadership rewarded with her appointment as the party's municipal policy secretary. For his part, Pozuelo points out the need for Podemos Catalunya to have room to decide in the Catalan political sphere, on the basis that the Catalan idiosyncrasy admits nuances that are not taken into account in the state leadership. Pozuelo was seen as a supporter of bringing positions closer to Catalunya en Comú and therefore to Sumar and she thus represented the approach of the 13 Podemos leaders who were recently expelled for holding this same position.
