Aina Vidal se queda fuera de la lista del Frente Amplio en Cataluña

Aina Vidal, a congresswoman and deputy spokesperson for Sumar during the current legislative period, will not be included in the Barcelona list of the Frente Amplio led by Ada Colau. The National Council of Comuns, held on Wednesday evening, approved the lists for the four provinces, and Vidal, who has a strong political background and has been praised by the entire left in the Chamber, was left off, a decision not of her own making, according to several sources within the party.

This decision has caused significant upheaval within Esquerra Verda, the party that carries on the legacy of the former Iniciativa per Catalunya. Vidal, born in Barcelona in 1981, has been a deputy since January 2016. The top five names on the list are Ada Colau, the minister Ernest Urtasun, the politologist and executive member Julia Miralles, the current deputy Andrés García Berrio, and Barcelona city councillor in Comú and former deputy Lucía Martín.

In a subsequent statement, the formation announced that Vidal would continue to serve as the spokesperson for the Comuns and "actively participate" in the electoral campaign on September 29.