“Podemos está aquí” (or “Podemos is here”), each participant says, the phrase repeated more than 100 times in the space of two minutes. The video, which is part of a promotional strategy ahead of primaries for local elections in May, underlines the leftist party’s reliance on technology and down-to-earth slogans. The catalyst for the party’s current woes was the apparent departure of Íñigo Errejón, a co-founder of Podemos and formerly its deputy leader. Podemos backed Carmena’s successful campaign in 2015, but Errejón’s decision appeared to surprise many of his colleagues. ResignedErrejón has claimed Más Madrid is simply a platform, not a separate party, but the Podemos leadership does not agree.

Source: The Irish Times February 19, 2019 00:56 UTC