In February 2022, Sayas and fellow Congressman Carlos García Adanero disobeyed instruction by Esparza and voted against labour reform. They were expelled from UPN for two-and-a-half years.[8] In June, the pair founded the Navarre Platform (PN).[9] In January 2023, it was announced that PN and the PPN would contest the upcoming local and regional elections together.[10]
Personal lifeedit
Sayas is openly gay.[11] In 2009, as youth leader of the UPN, he vocally disagreed with the party's opposition to same-sex marriage.[12]
Referencesedit
^Encinas, Javier; Beroiz, Unai (29 June 2020). "Sayas: "Hay cosas que cambiar en UPN y mucha gente quiere que cambien"" [Sayas: "There are things to change in the UPN and a lot of people want them to change"] (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^"Sergio Sayas y Carlos García Adanero se afilian al Partido Popular con el aval de Tellado" [Sergio Sayas and Carlos García Adanero join the Popular Party with the endorsement of Tellado] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ abSalvoch, Iñigo (4 February 2022). "Sergio Sayas, el hombre que peleó a Esparza la presidencia" [Sergio Sayas, the man who fought Esparza for the presidency]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^"UPN elige cabeza de lista al Congreso a Sergio Sayas, antes muy crítico con PP y Ciudadanos" [UPN choose Sergio Sayas as their list leader for Congress, formerly highly critical of PP and Ciudadanos] (in Spanish). Naiz. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^"Navarra Suma repite victoria con dos diputados, mientras el PSN cede un escaño a favor de Bildu" [Navarra Suma repeats victory with two deputies, while the PSN cedes a seat to Bildu] (in Spanish). Navarra.com. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^Murillo, Ignacio (26 April 2019). "Sergio Sayas, candidato de Navarra Suma: "Somos la única opción para plantarle cara al nacionalismo"" [Sergio Sayas, Navarra Suma candidate: "We are the only option to stand up to nationalism"] (in Spanish). Navarra.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^Fernandez, Ibai (22 November 2021). "Sayas (UPN), en contra de que el canal infantil en euskera de ETB se vea en Navarra: "Quieren resetear cerebros a través de la televisión"" [Sayas (UPN), against ETB's Basque language children's channel being seen in Navarre: "They want to brainwash us through television"] (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^Arnedo, Beatriz (2 March 2022). "Adanero y Sayas, expulsados de UPN dos años y medio" [Adanero and Sayas, expelled from the UPN for two-and-a-half years]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^"Los exdiputados de UPN Sayas y Adanero presentan su propia plataforma política" [Former UPN deputies Sayas and Adanero present their own political platform]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Europa Press. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^"El PP navarro se presenta como "la alternativa de centro derecha" tras absorber a Sayas y García Adanero" [PP of Navarre presents itself as "the centre-right alternative" after absorbing Sayas and García Adanero] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^Fernández, Andoni (18 January 2020). "Montesinos, Sayas, Maroto y la difícil digestión gay en la derecha" [Montesinos, Sayas, Maroto and the difficult position of gays on the right] (in Spanish). Moncloa. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^Garrido, Jesús (15 January 2009). "¿Juventudes transgresoras o niños guais?" [Transgressive youth or cool kids?] (in Spanish). España Confidencial. Retrieved 17 March 2022.