When the scandal broke out due to sexual harassment allegations against her Paco SalazarHe was Adriana Lastra The first leader who came out to demand on behalf of the Asturian Socialist Union that she not be appointed deputy secretary of the organization.
He did this at the gates of Ferraz, where the Federal Committee of the Socialist Workers’ Party was to be held, and where the time had come to announce new appointments to the executive.
His position was contradictory to that of… pilar Alegría, Leader of the Socialist Workers’ Party of Aragon, who came to Salazar’s defense.
In the end, an emergency executive was improvised, in which the then Secretary of Electoral Work resigned from all his positions and resigned from his position in the organization’s secretariat.
Now, five months later, due to the PSOE’s inaction on the complaints of harassed women, Adriana Lastra has roared back into national politics, leading the demand that Salazar be brought before the Attorney General’s Office.
Already at the teleconference on Wednesday night, the equality representative of the Asturian Socialists, Natalia GonzalezShe requested that the case be referred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office because the potential crime of sexual violence was clear.
The proposal was viewed favorably by other federations, who also strongly criticized Ferraz’s management of the club Salazar case.
“What needs to be done, immediately, is to understand that we are talking about violence against women, Submit it to the Public Prosecution.”Lastra said this Thursday.
Just a few minutes ago, the Minister for Equalities Executive, Pilar BernabeHe asked for a deadline, and refused for the time being to go to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, although he will not close this door in the future.
In Ferraz they confirm that at the moment, Within the specified deadlines To investigate sexual harassment and ask for patience.
The SWP Anti-Sexual Harassment Protocol guarantees “a deadline for responding to the analysis of procedures The maximum will be three monthsIt may be extended for another three months in cases of unusual complexity or justifiable circumstances.
The rules state that a party’s designated person must “contact the affected parties separately to obtain their version of events.” This has not happened yet.
At Wednesday’s meeting, Pilar Bernabe stressed that “the normal thing is three months of instructions and three months of solution.”
So The party will have one month for the anti-harassment committee Issuing an opinion and submitting it to the organization’s secretariat to take the necessary measures.
These deadlines conflict with the standards of the feminist sector of the party, which is demanding action now.
Three years of “silence”
“One of the things that was difficult for us to communicate to the community is that violence against women is not a private matter, but rather a public crime,” Lastra said.
Lastra’s return to national politics comes after three years silence.
During this time, after resigning as Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE, he left Congress and went to Asturias, where he rose to second place in the internal organizational chart of his federation and took over the government delegation.
Her resignation, while pregnant, was interpreted as a closing of the door after a loss of confidence on the part of Sánchez and within an internal war against him. Santos Cerdan.
“He made my life impossible,” he admitted a few months ago, after the UCO report and the resignation of the PSOE secretary who replaced him Jose Luis Abalos.
Among the original Sanchismo (Ábalos, Cerdán or Salazar), Lastra is the only one unaffected by any scandal,
Which might encourage you to return to the front row.