Spanish leaders left can create an alternative – El Universal (Venezuela)

 THE UNIVERSAL
 

Friday July 10, 2015 12:00 AM

MADRID Leaders We, the United Left (IU) and Equo have joined a citizens’ initiative of” invitation to the meeting, “now dubbed in common.

The intention is to present to the general elections with a similar public bid to have achieved power in Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Zaragoza and Cadiz, trying to convince the emerging party through an alternative project popular unit led by secretary general of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, reported the daily El País .

The platform stems from the refusal of Churches, the draft confluence of the applicant IU, Alberto Garzón.

Some regional deputies, councilors and territorial charges can, intermediate leaders of IU and Equo drivers have decided to join forces outside their organizations project, because they consider insufficient the achievements so far. Garzon frowns own initiative.

Now Common intends to launch “a candidate of the people” and for this commitment to mimic the processes of citizen participatory municipal applications. “Now Madrid, Barcelona Comú, Zaragoza in common, Cádiz Yes We Can, and other applications confluence show us the way to change not only municipalities but also the entire state,” Garzon said.

The initiative has the support of the Mayor of Ferrol, Jorge Suarez, Deputy can in the Madrid Assembly Isidro Lopez and member of the Citizens’ Council in Madrid Diego Pacheco.