The program Code 10 revealed exclusively Tuesday evening, via Nacho Abad And David Alemanthat the secretary of the PSOE in Lugo and mayor of Monforte de Lemos, José Toméwas accused by several women of “repeated sexual harassment” within the party. According to information consulted by the space, there are “at least six” people concerned who transferred their testimonies to the internal socialist channel.
Tomé, who is part of the federal committee of PSOE and is considered “a kernel figure closest to Pedro Sanchez“, as explained in Code 10, would have kept a behavior pattern that, according to the plaintiffs, “It had been known for years in the province“. One of them assures that in Lugo “it was an open secret” and that “everyone knew it”.
Women who spoke with the program describe a situation which would have affected activists, workers and civil servants. “It doesn’t matter if you are a city councilor, activist, journalist or mayor, no one is safe,” said one of the people involved, who said they felt “totally helpless” against the party leadership after filing a complaint.
The exclusivity of Code 10 He also stressed that several leaders of the PSdeG and the provincial structure, including Lara Méndez and Pilar García Porto were informed by the people concerned themselves.. Nacho Abad He explained live that the program had access to “evidence that shows that senior officials were informed”, although it could not be detailed for the protection of the plaintiffs.
The secretary general of the PSdeG, Jose Ramon Gomez Besteiroassured that “there are no complaints” against Tomé and declared that, if it existed, the protocol would be applied “with absolute force”. The plaintiffs argued the opposite and assured that “the problem does not only come from Tomé, but also from those who decided to look the other way.”
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