Junts cedes its lead candidate in Sabadell to the former ERC leader

BarcelonaJunts per Sabadell has decided that in the next municipal elections it will not run alone, but within the framework of a joint candidacy. And it also endorses that the candidate be the former leader of ERC in the Vallesana city, Gabriel Fernàndez. This is what the party's militants in Sabadell have decided, who with 73.5% of the votes have supported this option; 20.6% have voted against, and 5.9% have abstained, as reported by the formation in a statement. The objective, the party states, is to "work for a broad candidacy that confronts the PSC" in the 2027 municipal elections.

At this Saturday's assembly, along with the local president of Junts per Sabadell, Francesc Xavier Baró, the party's general secretary, Jordi Turull, participated. "Today we have said that we want a city proposal that puts people at the center, not party labels," defended Baró, who added: "Junts per Sabadell is willing, out of generosity, to offer the leadership of the candidacy to Gabriel Fernàndez. This is not about names, it's about the project. Now is not the time for party politics, it's time for city and country politics."

A broad coalition

In this way, Junts per Sabadell formalizes its intention to integrate into a coalition with other organizations. Gent de Sabadell, the group led by Gabriel Fernàndez after he broke his ERC membership card, would be part of it, as well as MEScat and Identidad Sabadellenca. Precisely this Saturday, the former ERC leader in Sabadell closed the municipalist convention of MEScat, an organization also linked to Junts and born from the merger of Moviment d'Esquerres de Catalunya (MEScat) and Acció per la República.

Fernàndez left Esquerra due to discrepancies with the national leadership of Oriol Junqueras in September of last year and became a non-attached councilor – he also ceased to be the spokesperson for the municipal group in the Sabadell City Council. In the national congress of the Republicans, Gabriel Fernàndez was part of the Foc Nou candidacy, led by Helena Solà and Alfred Bosch, to challenge Junqueras for leadership.