In Spain’s Seismic Elections,
‘It’s the Victory of
David
Over Goliath’
…
“Manuela Carmena
was a brilliant choice,” says journalist
Jacobo Rivero, author of two books about Podemos. “Her candidacy connects various
generations, and she’s a prestigious professional who played an important role
in the fight against Franco and the construction of democracy.” Her candidacy,
which brought the Colau-led Guanyem party (part of the Barcelona en Comú
coalition) together with Podemos under the banner of Ahora Madrid, he says,
“represents a kind of ethics that few people associate with today’s
politicians—right when the establishment was trying to prove that Podemos was
just as corrupt as the rest.” For the autonomous region of Madrid, the Podemos
candidate was José Manuel López, a middle-aged agricultural engineer with a
strong track record in social and humanitarian work. Both candidacies, Rivero says, “break with the stereotype
of Podemos as a party of radical young leftists without experience.”
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