The committee of instructors of PSOE of Seville who internally investigated the complaint of an activist and worker of the socialist group to the Provincial Council against Demetrio Pérez for alleged harassment at work It was composed of Rafael Recio, organizing secretary, Amparo Rubiales, president … of the Socialist Party at the provincial level, and Rosario Andújar, mayor of Osuna and member of the executive of María Jesús Montero. They held two meetings with the complainant in March and April this year.
After the first of them, according to the plaintiff herself in a document that she provided with the complaint filed in the Courts of Seville, she felt “alone” although there were two other women in the room. And he says that Amparo Rubialesone of the main figures of feminism within socialism, only intervened once to “doubt” her story when she stated that in the emergency room of the private hospital where she went they asked her a series of questions that are part of a protocol that they have the obligation to apply if they have indications that they might be dealing with a victim of abuse or violence, which was not the case. However, health workers were the first to tell him that he might have suffered an episode of harassment at work.
“I don’t know why our president decided it didn’t happen and that he did not tell the truth”, said this employee of the socialist group of the Provincial Council. And then, in reference to Rubiales, he only intervened to interrupt him several times to make him speak louder because he did not understand.
About the mayor of Osunawhom the complainant considers “a good wife and a good companion”, says that on one occasion she sought “a little support”.
The recording
During the second meeting, which was recorded For the complainant, as she herself admitted, Amparo Rubiales only intervened to warn Recio not to speak. This newspaper contacted this historic socialist leader to know her version of this alleged episode of harassment at work that occurred at the Provincial Deputation of Seville and she preferred not to address this matter.
The plaintiff herself, in her account of the events, informed the court that the president of the Provincial Deputation and leader of the PSOE of Seville, who avoided contacting her or responding to her WhatsApp messages, held a meeting between the end of March and the beginning of April with deputies and mayors to tell you about the internal complaint against Demetrio Pérez for workplace harassment. He told her, according to the complainant, “the official version” of the affair and that they had to answer if anyone asked them about the affair, leaving the complainant “like an unscrupulous and confrontational liar”.
This document is attached to the complaint filed by the criminal lawyer Luis Romero, who deals with the legal interests of this socialist activist, against Demetrio Pérez, Rafael Recio, two other employees of the socialist group of the Provincial Delegation and the PSOE itself for alleged crimes of workplace harassment, coercion and discovery and disclosure of secrets.