“With housing we are in a national emergency and the PSOE does not want to see it” – Nortes | Focused on the periphery

Lara Hernandez (Madrid, 1986) is a secondary school philosophy teacher and organizational secretary of Add Movement. Originating from UIafter some time away from the political front line, has returned to the eye of the hurricane in the last year and a half. The presentation of Add Movement in Asturias This Thursday coincided with the resignation of Inigo Errejón after accusations by several women of sexual harassment and repeated sexist behavior.

Were vox populi the accusations of sexist behavior by Iñigo Errejón?

We cannot judge each vox populibut facts, and as soon as the first tweets were published we reacted by opening a dialogue process with Iñigo to collect all possible information. This Thursday morning we called an urgent Executive to analyze it. He presented us with the resignation of all his positions and we accepted it. Everything has been dizzying, but on Sumar’s part our commitment to a feminist policy has been clear.

Errejón’s resignation deepens the crisis that the party is dragging almost from its origins

A series of errors have been made, but also in a very difficult context for a new formation, which its constitution finds itself in the middle of a very accelerated political time, with a very intense electoral process: general, Galician autonomous communities, Basque and Catalan, and European elections. Now we want to set the agenda again and I think that after the summer we are achieving this by putting issues such as working hours and housing on the table.

“We are re-establishing our own profile”

The feeling from outside is that Sumar is very overshadowed by the PSOE

The scenario is complicated, with a PP that is playing to delegitimize the Government and a majority that is no longer just progressive that supports it. Despite this, we are once again establishing our own profile. Measures such as the reduction of working hours, which will come no matter what, will make us visible as the progressive soul of the coalition government, which right now is an exception in Europe.

How much are they going to tighten the rope in the debate with the PSOE on housing?

Housing policy and fiscal policy are right now what separates us the most in the PSOE Government. With housing we are in a national emergency and the PSOE does not want to see it. The minister has not put any forceful measures on the table and the demonstrations for the right to housing are going to get worse. We support them and we want the Government to follow the line of what the street demands. The housing market has to be intervened. .

Are they going to ask for the resignation of Isabel Rodríguez?

We have to change policies, we don’t care what the minister’s name is. What we want is a comprehensive public and rental housing policy. We defend taxes on tourist and empty homes, and making state funds conditional on the autonomous communities complying with the Housing Law and regulating prices.

How is Sumar Asturies going to relate to IU and its electoral front, Convocatoria por Asturies?

Sumar is in the Call for Asturies and is part of a government that is fully in tune with the Government of Spain. Our vocation is to continue working within the framework of the Call and revalidate the progressive Asturian government in 2027.

Is there going to be unity with Podemos in the face of upcoming electoral events?

The unit debate must be substantial and not nominal. We are not afraid of it, but it has to serve to transform. That is why we ask all political forces to take a clear view of the historical moment in which we find ourselves. We are going to be measured by the alternative that we can offer to citizens in the face of the rise of the extreme right and the right that whitewashes it.