IU will occupy the number 3 of Sumar for Valencia with a councilor focused on the victims of Francoism

Nahuel González López is the only member of Izquierda Unida who has presented himself to the primary process for the candidacy to the Congress of Deputies for Valencia that the Sumar movement has left in the hands of Alberto Garzón's party. Thus, it will be he who occupies the third place on the list of the movement led by Yolanda Díaz for the province of Valencia.

González, 34 years old and militant of Izquierda Unida since 2011, thus represents the renewal within Izquierda Unida, which bets on a young man who has been a councilor and deputy mayor for Més Gandia, a coalition between Compromís and Esquerra Unida, in the Valencian town. In this last legislature he has been councilor of Culture and Democratic Memory and has been noted for his work in defense of the victims of Francoism and for finding the executed of the dictatorship that appeared just a few months ago. Son of Argentine immigrants, González has shown, in statements to EL PAÍS, his satisfaction at joining the candidacy of Sumar. He will be one of the names in starting positions that Izquierda Unida has agreed with the formation of Yolanda Díaz. In addition, he had words of thanks for Rosa Pérez, coordinator of Esquerra Unida in the Valencian Community, and for the general coordinator of IU, Alberto Garzón, "for the responsibility, as well as the militancy that supports us and serves as an example".

The panorama with which the candidacy of Sumar works is the obtaining of three deputies for Valencia, one or two for Alicante and one for Castellón, although this is not counted as guaranteed.

For its part, in Compromís, to which the agreement with Sumar grants the designation of positions one and two, the co-spokespersons of the coalition, Àgueda Micó and Alberto Ibáñez, have shown this Saturday their intention to present themselves to the primaries to opt to occupy those positions of Compromís-Sumar in the Congress for the province of Valencia.

Micó has made this announcement in the Consell Nacional de Més, the most important party in the coalition, in a meeting convened to analyze the primary regulations and the voting calendar. For his part, Alberto Ibáñez (Initiative), has made it public through the social network Twitter in a video in which he announces his candidacy for the primaries after "the open sale to hope", in reference to the agreement with the candidacy of Yolanda Díaz. "I want to present myself to the primaries to be part of the team of the Valencian voice in Madrid," says Ibáñez, who also speaks of claiming the freedom to have time, of making a friendly transition in the territory and responsible with future generations, of democratizing the economy and of protecting health as a universal public service.

"Others will make noise, talk about partisanship, we are going to give an alternative for those who do not have the strength to reach the end of the day or resources to make ends meet," he concludes.

Apart from the province of Valencia, the agreement between Compromís and Sumar states that the number 1 of the candidacy for the Congress for Alicante will be for Sumar, a position for which the name of the deputy and general secretary of the parliamentary group of Unidas Podemos, Txema Guijarro, sounds, and the number 1 for Castellón will be an independent name chosen in consensus by both parties. In the rest of the lists of the three provinces, the even numbers will go to Compromís and the odd numbers to Sumar. The candidacies to the Senate will be reversed: the number 1 for Valencia will be chosen by Sumar, and the number 1 for Alicante and Castellón, Compromís. In the following positions, the odd numbers will be of Compromís and the pairs of Sumar.

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