MADRID – Ione Belarra, current Minister of Social Rights in the government of Spain, she won the primaries of the left party Podemos organized to elect the new general secretary of the party after the exit of Pablo Iglesias. It got about 85 percent of the 53,000 votes cast by those enrolled in the training, according to the news agency Efe. The results were announced during the fourth Podemos congress, which is being held in Alcorcón (a suburb of Madrid). Far exceeded the other two candidates in the running, Esteban Tettamanti Bogliaccini e Fernando Barredo.
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Belarra will replace Pablo Iglesias, historical leader of Podemos from when it was founded in January 2014 until May of this year, at which time he announced his farewell to “party” politics. “Today is a beautiful day, a day in which we can finally begin to glimpse the hugs again and recognize the smiles under the masks, with hope and brotherhood,” Belarra said after the announcement of the results. His candidacy was supported by the main figures of Podemos, as well as by politicians close to the formation, one of all the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor Yolanda Diaz, who will be the party’s candidate in the next elections. Iglesias was not present at the congress held yesterday and today.
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The minister for social rights assured in her first speech as group leader that the current crisis in the country has made it clear that “protecting the municipality is an obligation for those who define themselves as democratic”. Furthermore, he called those who promoted privatizations in the health and education sectors “traitors”. Bellara stressed that Podemos “is the European transformative force with the most institutional representation” and recalled the squares of the indignant who were the germ of the movement 10 years ago.
Belarra, born in Pamplona, has extensive experience in human rights organizations as well as academics. He has worked extensively on social integration, with a degree in psychology and a master’s in educational psychology. He worked in the Red Cross, in the Spanish Commission for Aid to Refugees, in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and in the Autonomous University of Madrid.
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