Podemos' leader calls on 'sensible PSOE members' to break coalition talks stalemate
Monday, January 4, 2016 @ 8:50 PM
LEADER of left-wing independent party Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, has finally spoken out after negotiations with the socialists over forming a coalition hit stalemate.
The PSOE, led by Pedro Sánchez, has said it will not consider teaming up with Podemos to form a majority and oust the PP government if Podemos continues to support the idea of allowing Catalunya to hold a referendum on independence.
Iglesias has now called upon the 'sensible sectors' of the PSOE to 'explore the possibility of the PP not entering in government again', in contrast to those regional socialist leaders he considers are hindering talks.
Susana Díaz, president of Andalucía and her counterparts in Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page and Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara are the main opponents of a referendum, which the socialists as a party have historically supported.
Whilst the PSOE has never agreed Catalunya should be an independent nation, its members have always defended the region's people's right to voice their opinion publicly and collectively.
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