The Podemos movement was officially launched on 16 January 2014 in the Teatro del Barrio in the Lavapiés neighbourhood of Madrid, with a press conference attended by hundreds of people.
As a result, in Asturias the formation of one of the 'circles' in which the party is organised at a territorial level began to take shape.
[4] After the spectacular results of the formation in the European elections, winning five seats, and in which in the case of Asturias, it managed to be the 3rd most voted party, ahead of United Left.
[8] At the regional level, the party's leadership was formally established in February 2015 after the holding of primary elections in which Daniel Ripa emerged after obtaining 68% of the support.
[11] A few days after the decision, information emerged about the participation of León in lists of Asturian nationalist parties, however he denied supporting those ideas and claimed he just did it so that friends of his could run a candidacy.
The PSOE quickly ruled out a coalition with any party, and Podemos made the renunciation of some privileges a condition for reaching agreements.
At the end of July 2018, Emilio León announced his resignation as parliamentary spokesman for Podemos Asturies.
Incumbent Daniel Ripa faced Congress of the Deputies member Sofía Castañón, who also had the support of the national leadership of the party.
[23] A few days before the vote, the national leadership of Podemos intervened in the party's accounts at the regional level after detecting irregularities, denounced by Castañón's team, in donations to associations allegedly close to Daniel Ripa.
[24] In August 2022, Ripa was sanctioned and later expelled from taking organic duties in the party due to alleged irregularities during his time as secretary general.