Respect for the principle of ordinality (At least as far as Catalonia is concerned) is one of the victories that ERC and the PSC are boasting about in the agreement for new regional financing. The Ministry of Finance accepts it half-heartedly ("The model tends towards ordinality," assured Minister María Jesús Montero) and does not clarify in which other cases it applies, besides Catalonia. Despite Montero's calls for calm, the Socialists of Asturias and Castilla-La Mancha have challenged this principle, which they label as lacking in solidarity, although it is not expected that the deputies from these federations will vote against the text when it reaches Congress. In any case, the PSOE is not the only party performing a balancing act to reconcile its positions in each territory. This is also the case with Sumar and the PP, where there are differing opinions on the ordinality system, although in both cases the position on the model is clear: Yolanda Díaz's party has welcomed it, while Alberto Núñez Feijóo's party rejects it. Within Sumar, the first to speak out was the coordinator of United Left, Antonio Maíllo, also a candidate in the Andalusian elections (and therefore a rival of Montero, the PSOE's lead candidate). "We cannot reward certain regions by giving them greater tax capacity. If there are more wealthy people in a region, this cannot be used as a reason to further fund them," he criticized. Sources within Sumar confirmed to ARA that they share this position: "If this principle applies, the regions would be ranked from richest to poorest. The goal is to ensure that everyone has guaranteed access to public services and that citizens are equal, regardless of where they live," they explained.