Daniel García Gómez has been in the military for years in More Madrid to say goodbye to the training with a letter especially critical of its internal functioning. The brother of the Minister of Health, Monica Garciahas decided to leave the party after ensuring that he has lost confidence that it continues to be an adequate tool to transform society.
His departure has acquired special relevance precisely because of his family connection. It is not just a militant who breaks with Más Madrid. Daniel García is the brother of one of the figures who has had the most weight in the recent history of the Madrid formation and who currently combines his political leadership with the position of Minister of Health.
In his farewell letter, García maintains that a A different opinion or criticism is too often interpreted as “intolerable disloyalty.”. He also speaks of difficulties in debating within the organization and denounces the support of part of the militancy for what he defines as “clearly autocratic attitudes” of the leadership.
Veterinarian by training and linked to activism
Daniel García Gómez was born in Madrid in 1967 and studied Veterinary Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid. His training was completed with studies at the Municipal School of Dramatic Art, according to a biography of him collected years ago.
His professional career has gone through different areas. He has worked as a substitute official in the Health area, in addition to developing activities as a film and theater director and actor. He has also been self-employed and has worked in private companies and cooperatives. Part of his work experience also took place during a year in the United Kingdom.
His profile is also closely related to the activism and social movements. He has participated in initiatives linked to 15M, the 25S Coordinator and Doctors Without Borders and has been a member of Amnesty International. Added to this is its collaboration with neighborhood and cultural projects in Madrid.
His time in the municipal politics of Madrid
His relationship with Más Madrid was not limited to militancy. Daniel García came to work as neighboring vowel in the Madrid district of Moncloa-Aravaca.
He took up the position in November 2019 and received a monthly allowance of 576.47 euros. His stage ended in 2021 after the new composition of the City Council forced the neighboring members of Más Madrid to be reduced from ten to eight in that district after the incorporation of councilors to the Mixed Group.
The information published then indicated that the members themselves held a vote to decide who should leave the position and that García was chosen by his colleagues. The departure was later formalized by decree of Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida.
This episode is part of a political trajectory that now ends, at least within Más Madrid, with a much more forceful break.
Daniel and Mónica García, two brothers linked to politics
Daniel García is one of Mónica García’s brothers. They are both children of two psychiatrists. His father, Sergio García Reyes, was also related to politics and became a deputy of the Communist Party in the Madrid Assembly, in addition to working at the Gregorio Marañón University Hospital.
Mónica García’s own career began outside of professional politics. She has a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in Anesthesiology, and developed a good part of her career at the 12 de Octubre Hospital. His jump to the Madrid Assembly came in 2015 with Podemos and later he became part of Más Madrid.
Daniel García has also maintained a public presence linked to social movements and Madrid politics, although with much less exposure than his sister.
A breakup that comes from within Más Madrid
The letter released now represents a breaking point with the project in which he had been active for years. Daniel García assures that he made the decision to leave Más Madrid in a very thoughtful way and admits doing so with sadness.
Among his reproaches is the distance that, in his opinion, exists between the principles that the organization publicly defends and its internal functioning. García questions that Más Madrid claims a participatory democracy while, according to him, not even its militants have sufficient mechanisms to influence the training policy.
Mónica García’s brother distinguishes, however, between these criticisms of the leadership and the work of many public representatives of the party. In his farewell, he recognizes the work carried out by members of Más Madrid in institutions such as the Congress, the Senate, the Madrid Assembly, city councils and district boards.
His departure thus leaves a particularly uncomfortable image for the formation. Daniel Garcia does not leave Más Madrid due to a specific political disagreement, but by questioning the way in which a project in which I had been participating for years is debated, decisions are made and internally managed.