Internal channel for dirty rags

The case of sexual harassment complaints has been going badly for the PSOE for days. To the scandal of his double standards regarding women is now added the procedure opened by the Independent Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers for irregular management. … of these complaints in the internal channel created to receive anonymous complaints for criminal or administrative offenses. A 2019 European directive, developed by a 2023 Spanish law, imposed this channel so that each public or private organization can offer a mechanism reserved for complaints concerning the irregular behavior of its members. What should be an opportunity to improve corporate governance and avoid the dissuasive effects of publicity on whistleblowers – whether they are victims or not – cannot turn into an internal washing machine for dirty laundry. This is what the PSOE has tried to make of its complaints channel: a dead end for the complainants and a reward for silence for the accused.