Sumar will compete in the elections under the Frente Amplio brand and prepares its presentation

The parties that make up Sumar will compete in the next general elections under the Frente Amplio brand and have met at an event on October 17 for their presentation to society and, what is most important: to announce their leader and candidate for elections that, after the fall of the housing decrees last Friday, can be held before the end of the year, an idea that has been encouraged by both socialist leaders and government ministers after the parliamentary defeat.

Sources from Sumar defend that "this week's historic mobilizations throughout Spain have once again revealed that housing and rentism are the wound from which our country is bleeding" and that "whether elections are called or not, the Frente Amplio" will continue working to take care of "the demands of the street and protect all those for whom their home is not a source of tranquility but of insecurity."

"The electoral call is the exclusive responsibility of the President of the Government, and we are prepared for any scenario. The transformative left guaranteed victory on July 23, we are being the engine of the Government this legislature, we pushed the Maricarmen Royal Decree in the Council of Ministers and we will be essential to revalidate four more years of progressive Government," the space sources delve.

Among the pending duties of the now called Frente Amplio is the possible incorporation of more parties belonging to the alternative left. Among them, sovereignist forces that in the electoral events have shown that they are above the state brands (such as Chunta Aragonesista or Adelante Andalucía) and that do not seem willing to give up having their name appear on the ballot. The idea for the space has always also been to champion Podemos, as they did in the Andalusian elections with Por Andalucía with better results, but its candidate, Irene Montero, advocates holding open primaries, an idea that, for the moment, Frente Amplio does not share.

As for the leader, the favorite of all the parties that make up the new Sumar was the Minister of Social Rights, Pablo Bustinduy, and still, after interventions such as those he carried out last Friday from the tribune of the Congress of Deputies, there are many who regret that he does not take a step forward. However, the minister has already ruled himself out for active and passive reasons. Another possible candidate, Minister Mónica García, announced in May that she was returning to the Community of Madrid, although media such as eldiario.es or El País report that her name is once again gaining strength given the situation.

With the passing of the weeks and the absence of news, the closest thing to a nomination to lead the space has ended up being the silence of Ernest Urtasun, the only one who has not been ruled out, although sources very close to the Minister of Culture rule it out almost 100%.

In this context, in mid-September the possibility that the leader was Ada Colau began to gain weight (after losing it completely months before). In June, the former mayor of Barcelona expressed in an interview with El País that she would not be a "candidate for anything", as she was still "processing the personal costs" of having been councilor of Barcelona. However, in September he made some statements that, read between the lines given the situation, could be interpreted as a postulation: "If at some point I am especially useful in doing something specific, as was the case with the mayor of Barcelona, ​​I could consider returning."