 Instead, it decided that its members would support local grassroots candidacies, most notably Barcelona en Comú, the citizen platform led by anti-evictions activist Ada Colau in Barcelona and Ahora Madrid (led by ex judge Manuela Carmena) in Madrid.One of the policies the party set out in the buildup to the 2015 general election was a pledge that if the party won the election it would hold a nationwide referendum on whether or not to retain the Spanish monarchy or for Spain to become a republic.The party also promised to increase public spending and ban job cuts in profitable firms.