The net of accusations sexual harassment and the resignations linked to it continued this Friday with the cases of a mayor of Córdoba and the number two of the socialists The Valencians, a situation in which the PSOE promised strength, improvements in protocols and protection of victims.
The party’s equality secretary, Pilar Bernabé, chaired a meeting in Ferraz about four hours with the rest of those responsible for this area in which he shared the party’s decisions after the complaints against the former socialist leader Paco Salazar. He further promised power and the leadership of the PSOE in the face of these attitudes which, he stressed, occurs in all areas of society.
Faced with the flood of new cases, he assured that for the moment the PSOE does not worry about the electoral impact they could have, but that the first thing now is to accompany and protect the “victims” in the complaints process. In this sense, he indicated that it is not a question of knowing how many cases or complaints of sexual harassment is happening within the PSOE, but on how the party will act, which, he stressed, it’s not going to stopbecause it is not compatible to be socialist and to be sexist.
He does not rule out that they continue to go out in the coming days. new cases, But he was frank about how his party was going to act. “We’ll probably be in a few days lots of intensitybut the Socialist Party always looks with long lights”, he added. A few hours earlier, the secretary of the Socialist Organization, Rebeca Torró, had assured during a press conference that the PSOE wanted to mark “a before and an after” After the Salazar affair and after apologizing to the complainants of the former socialist leader and former Moncloa advisor, he admitted not having been “up to the task” and decided to strengthen its internal protocols to more effectively detect irregular behavior.
Paco Salazar committed a “very serious crime” according to the PSOE
The PSOE concluded the open investigation to former Moncloa councilor Paco Salazar after complaints of sexual harassment presented by two activists and confirmed that his conduct represented “a very serious mistake” provided for by federal laws, contrary to the party’s Code of Ethics and Conduct, which will prevent his automatic return as a member if he requests it.
During the press conference, Torró explained that the contents of the report are confidential, but he guaranteed that if the plaintiffs they want to go to justice They will benefit from the political support of the party, which also offers them psychological assistance if they need it. In this same case, the party decided to open a informative file to Antonio Hernández, who was Salazar’s right-hand man in Moncloa, as “perhaps aware” of his superior’s behavior and for not having acted.
¡Toni González, number 2 of the party in Valencia, accused of sexual and workplace harassment
This Friday we also learned that the PSOE was investigating two complaints for sexual harassment and work against the number two of the Valencian socialists, mayor of Almussafes (Valencia) and member of the regional executive, Toni González. For the moment, no further details have been revealed about this affair, except that the events allegedly took place at city hall. González assured that the accusations were “downright false” and announces that he will take legal action to defend his innocence.
The mayor of Belalcázar (Córdoba) resigns after the accusations of a worker
Also this Friday, the socialist mayor of Belalcázar, Francisco Luis Fernández Rodríguez, announced his decision to give up to all your costs following information that emerged on a suspected case of sexual harassment to a worker through messages of a sexual nature in 2023. In addition, he assured that these were private messages from 2023 with a person who was not a municipal employee, although he did not exclude that they were linked to a program: “A lot of people went through the town hall” pointed out.
The Tomé case forces the departure of the head of Equality from the PSdeG
Another case known in recent days, that of José Tomé, who resigned from his position as president of the Provincial Council of Lugo – but not also provincial deputy nor as mayor of Monforte de Lemos – after being denounced for sexual harassment. this Friday, a charge was laid collateral victim.
The Secretary for Equality of the PSdeG, Silvia Fraga, presented her resignation from her post this Friday, without revealing the reasons. Sources within the party leadership highlight a disagreement with a note sent on the first day when Tomé’s case broke out, the editorial staff of which was not consulted and in which she is not named either. Today, for the first time, the general secretary of the PSdeG, José Ramón Gómez Besteiro, spoke of this same case, which admitted which met in October alleged harassment of which Tomé was accused, for which he asked him for explanations, but he denied everything.
Senator Izquierdo, an unexplained resignation
In addition, the party officially opened an information file to the senator and member of the Socialist Executive Javier Izquierdo who resigned yesterday to all your costs, despite the fact that, Torró explained, there are no internal complaints regarding possible sexual harassment. Likewise, Izquierdo justified his resignation by “family and professional reasons” although the PSOE was aware of certain journalistic information reporting a possible case of sexual harassment on which, according to Torró, the senator “could have been clearer.”
In the PP, the mayor of Algeciras leaves his group in the Senate
In the ranks of the PP, a complaint for harassment against the mayor of Algeciras, José Ignacio Landaluce, also had political consequences this Friday. Landaluce registered this Friday its weak as a member of the PP parliamentary group in the Senate, he will therefore have to join the mixed group, PP sources in the Upper House reported this.
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