4th Podemos Citizen Assembly

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4th Podemos Citizen Assembly - Wikipedia

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4th Podemos Citizen Assembly

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12-13 June 2021
(Voting: 6-12 June 2021)

Turnout

53,443 (~10%)


Candidate	Ione Belarra	Fernando Ángel Barredo
Popular vote	45,753	3,106
Percentage	85.6%	5.8%

The 2021 Podemos state assembly—officially the 4th Citizen Assembly, and more informally referred to as Vistalegre IV—was held during 12 and 13 June 2021. The assembly took place for the first place outside of Vistalegre, taking place in a venue in Alcorcón. Ione Belarra was elected Secretary-General with over 80% of the votes.

Background

2021 Madrilenian regional election

On 15 March 2021, Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos since its foundation, announced that he planned to resign from his post as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain to lead his party in the 2021 Madrilenian regional election, pointing at Yolanda Díaz, Minister of Labour, as his successor as leader of United We Can, a party coalition between Podemos and United Left, among others. Díaz was a member of the latter, therefore she could not lead Podemos in the eventuality of Iglesias resigning.^[1]

Podemos performed poorly in the election, placing fifth with 7.2% of votes, only a small increase. The overall result was a dramatic victory for the conservative People's Party, whom far-right Vox pledged to support. After the announcement of the results, Iglesias announced he would resign from his offices and retire from politics. He stated he had been turned into "a scapegoat" who "mobilizes the worst of those who hate democracy."^[2]

After Iglesias' resignation

Quickly after Iglesias resignation, Podemos leadership announced the start of the process to elect a new leadership to the party. Ione Belarra, who replaced Iglesias in his duties in the cabinet was seen as the preferred option by Podemos establishment to the post of Secretary-General.^[3]

The assembly was set to take place in Paco de Lucía auditorium, in Alcorcón, becoming the first time to take place outside Vistalegre arena, in Madrid.^[4] Iglesias refused to attend the assembly.^[5]

Results

Secretary General

Podemos primary election results
Candidate		Votes	%
	Ione Belarra	45,753	85.61
	Fernando Ángel Barredo	3,106	5.81
	Esteban Tettamanti Bogliaccini	2,730	5.12
Blank ballots		1,854	3.47

Total		53,443	100.00

Votes for options		51,589	96.53
Blank and invalid ballots		1,854	3.47
Total votes		53,443	100.00

Source: Podemos

External links

Podemos Fourth Assembly official web page

References

^ Pedro, Vallín (15 March 2021). "Pablo Iglesias deja el Gobierno para disputar la presidencia de Madrid a Ayuso". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ Riveiro, Aitor (4 May 2021). "Pablo Iglesias dimite: "Dejo la política, ya no sumo y me han convertido en un chivo expiatorio"". El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ Vallín, Pedro (2021-05-07). "Podemos elegirá a sus nuevos órganos rectores y decidirá su línea política en próximo 13 de junio". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
^ Romero, Alexis (2021-06-01). "Podemos abandona Vistalegre y celebrará su IV Asamblea Ciudadana en Alcorcón". Público. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
^ "Podemos encara su IV Asamblea Ciudadana con la ausencia de Pablo Iglesias por primera vez en su historia". www.publico.es. Retrieved 2023-02-18.

Podemos

Leadership

Secretaries General	Pablo Iglesias (2014–2021) Ione Belarra (2021–present)
Organization Secretaries	Sergio Pascual (2014–2016) Pablo Echenique (2016–2019) Alberto Rodríguez (2019–2021) Lilith Verstrynge (2021–2024) Pablo Fernández (2024–present)

Organization

Regional wings	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile and León Castilla–La Mancha Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Community
Active alliances	Andalusia: Por Andalucía Navarra: Contigo Navarra
Previous alliances	Sumar Unidas Podemos Andalusia: Adelante Andalucía Balearic Islands: Units Podem Més Basque Country: Elkarrekin Podemos Catalonia: Catalunya Sí que es Pot Catalunya en Comú–Podem En Comú Podem Galicia: En Marea Galicia en Común Navarre: Cambio-Aldaketa Valencian Community: És el moment A la valenciana

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