If we listen to the different versions of the parties that made up Sumar in June 2023, it looks like the last one to know about the sexual abuse complaints was Sumar himself. Iñigo Errejón. In the last hours, the parade of Podemos, Más Madrid and those close to them who say they warned of the inappropriate behavior of the spokesperson has multiplied: everyone knew and everyone warned, but no one did anything do.
Last week, the journalist and writer Cristina you will fail published anonymous information on his Instagram profile accusing “a politician who lives in Madrid” of having committed sexual abuse against a woman. This happened on Monday morning and everyone around Sumar knew that the job He was referring to Íñigo Errejón, whether they believe it or not.
More Madrid, in particular, claims to have requested explanations from Sumar that same day and, last night, to have demanded the deputy status of Yolanda Díaz and the dismissal of her parliamentary spokesperson. From Madrid training, they also assure that Sumar “already valued the same decision“, which the coalition did not want to confirm.
But if this happened while the party of Monique Garciathat means Tuesday all They knew that Errejón was accused of sexual abuse. All except Errejón, who discovered it on Wednesday. And it also means that at the time of taking the photo that illustrates this article, Díaz was in friendship with his spokesperson at the same time as he was investigating him as an “alleged sexual assaulter,” as he called it this Monday.
Following this thread, Errejón gave an excellent interpretation of his parliamentary Tuesday: he gave a press conference in the morning, met with journalists privately, negotiated an exchange of votes with the PP and prepared for the government control session the next day. Meanwhile, that afternoon, he laughed in thanks with the second vice president and the cameras filmed how the investigator and the investigator chatted happily in the room.
At this stage, it is necessary to take stock of the crossing of versions.
From the moment Errejón’s resignation became known, Sumar’s explanations were evasive. In fact, the first official version that journalists received was his, not that of the party, which took several hours to react to the news and confirm that the resignation was due to investigations into allegations of sexual abuse , and not a personal decision.
The official version he gave last Saturday Ernest Urtasun The fact is that they were only aware of the episodes of gender-based violence in Errejón on Tuesday, when several complaints appeared on social networks. In fact, the minister pointed out that if they had been informed “sooner”, they would have taken legal action against him.
There is an additional problem for Yolanda Díaz, which is that she admitted this Monday that she was already aware of the complaints against Errejón last year, even before the general elections, but that they did not inform her given the enough attention. So, in 2024, the party already knew there was baggage.
Furthermore, this very Monday morning, Podemos declared that its secretary general, Ione Belarrawas the first to personally warn Yolanda Díaz of Errejón’s behavior in June 2023, following another online complaint. The date is also surprising, given that that same week (the 19th) the two were strongly opposed due to Irene Montero’s veto and their communication was practically non-existent.
In any case, Díaz apologized this Monday for “having arrived late”, without specifying when he arrived or with what time he arrived. “If I had known that Íñigo Errejón was an alleged sexual abuser, I would never have been able to be part of a space. It is clear that this should not have been the case. deputy or spokespersonit’s obvious, but we have had this information since this week,” he said. Referring to last week.
