Follow live the resignation of Juan Lobato, leader of the PSOE in Madrid after the leak of Alberto González Amador’s confession by Moncloa, the reactions and the latest hour today.
4:25 p.m.
“Nothing is happening, I assume it democratically”
“It is far more important at all times to protect and promote good policy than those of us who exercise it circumstantially. No doubt my way of doing politics is not the same nor perhaps sometimes compatible with which the majority of the current leadership of my party has”
Read the full letter here
4:20 p.m.
Luis Tudanca, general secretary of the PSOE of Castilla y León: “Lobato has my political respect and my personal appreciation”
4:10 p.m.
Ayuso government says Lobato committed ‘serious criminal acts’: ‘If they kill each other, that doesn’t mean it’s better’
The government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso stressed this Wednesday that the current secretary general of the PSOE-M, Juan Lobato, committed “serious criminal acts”, in “agreement with his party colleagues”, in the leak of documents on The alleged tax crimes of the partner of the President of the Community of Madrid. “If they kill each other, that doesn’t mean it’s better,” added sources close to the head of the Madrid executive. Inform EP.
4:08 p.m.
Borja Sémper: “I’m really sorry for Juan and I wish him the best”
“I wish Mr. Lobato the best and I hope that consistency will be rewarded in Spain… I am very sorry for Juan and I wish him the best,” said PP national spokesperson Borja Sémper.
4:02 p.m.
Susana Díaz (PSOE), on Juan Lobato: “I think he’s a good guy”
“I think he’s a good guy. I think he’s a good person and he knows perfectly well that the crack that was going to open in the Madrid federation was big and he didn’t want more damage to be done. He preferred to take a step aside, to move away, to concentrate on the future. I have not yet been able to speak with him, but I am convinced, from what I know, that he does not want more confrontations or more resignations,” she expressed in a statement to Cuatro , in which she added that she didn’t believe anyone called Lobato.
3:57 p.m.
Susana Díaz (PSOE): “I am very struck by the fact that the PP is going to give us lessons on something”
“I am very struck by the fact that the PP is going to give us lessons on something,” began the former Andalusian president during a speech in Cuatro.
3:56 p.m.
Ana Vázquez (PP): “It’s a mafia controlled from Moncloa to confront a political opponent”
“It is a mafia controlled from Moncloa to confront a political opponent. “This could end very badly.”
3:53 p.m.
Ana Vázquez (PP): “Lobato is honored by what he has done”
“I saw it with the PSOE lists and here the slightest dissent is not allowed. Sánchez is only his personal project, there is no project from the government or the PSOE. “It’s just him and nothing more,” he said during an intervention in Cuatro. “This man tried to stand up to him yesterday, I saw it as very complicated, it’s very difficult when you have the leadership of the PSOE against you. And here, Lobato is honored by what he has done.
3:51 p.m.
Ana Vázquez (PP): “I warned you that here, anyone who disturbs Sánchez ends up badly”
“If I had had the strength to stand up to Sánchez, perhaps all these months of bad weather would have been avoided,” the PP deputy said in an interview with Cuatro. “I warned him that anyone who disturbs Sánchez here ends up badly.”
3:38 p.m.
Mónica García assures that the opposition to Ayuso is safeguarded
Asked whether the controversy surrounding Juan Lobato harms the left, the current Minister of Health and former leader of the opposition to the Ayuso government, Mónica García, recalled that Ayuso “has a rival” with Más Madrid. Subsequently, he described this formation as the guarantee of safeguarding the opposition and left-wing politics in the Madrid Assembly. With information from EP.
3:36 p.m.
Mónica García insists not commenting on Lobato’s comments and shows her respect
The Minister of Health and former leader of the Madrid opposition, Mónica García, refused to comment on the remarks of the current leader of the PSM Juan Lobato, who presented his resignation. “I can only answer for what Más Madrid is doing,” he said in statements to the media in the halls of Congress.
3:33 p.m.
Pilar Alegría and María Jesús Montero also show their “respect” for Lobato’s decision
The First Vice-Presidency of the Government and Minister of Finance and the Minister of Education and Government Spokesperson, María Jesús Montero and Pilar Alegría, also expressed their “respect” for the decision of the current leader of the Madrid Socialists , Juan Lobato, who presented his resignation this Wednesday. “It’s a personal decision,” Alegría also added, who therefore speaks in the same way as the party’s number three.
3:30 p.m.
Santos Cerdán, on Lobato’s resignation: “It’s a personal decision that I respect”
The number three of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán, expressed his “respect” for the resignation of the current secretary general of the PSOE of Madrid, Juan Lobato. “It’s a personal decision that I respect,” he expressed at the end of the plenary session this Wednesday in Congress. “We have discovered it now,” he added, also indicating that he was “at no time” pressured to leave office.
3:19 p.m.
Chronology of the Lobato affair
Last Sunday’s ABC exclusive led to the resignation of Juan Lobato as secretary general of the MSP, but the affair goes back a long way. This is the timeline since the information about Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s boyfriend became known.
MARCH 12, 2024: Case ignored
It is published that the Tax Agency has denounced Alberto González Amador for alleged tax fraud of 350,000 euros.
MARCH 13, 2024: The “pact” refused. At first it is published that it is the prosecution which proposes the agreement, but it is the opposite.
MARCH 14: Messages to Lobato. The PSM leader refuses to use the documents in the Assembly, which is why the “plumber of Moncloa” leaks them to the media.
APRIL 3, 2024: Amador continues
Ayuso’s boyfriend is filing a complaint against prosecutors for revealing secrets that led, last October, to the indictment of Álvaro García Ortiz in the Supreme Court.
On November 24, ABC exclusively published this entire succession of events. Three days later, Lobato resigned.
3:00 p.m.
Cuca Gamarra, to the Government: “Mr. Lobato has already resigned, you can be reassured”
“There are hours left for the Federal Congress. It seems that the corrupt will not be purged, but Mr. Lobato has already resigned, rest assured,” launched the Secretary General of the PP during the Government control session.
2:49 p.m.
Juan Lobato resigns as secretary general of PSOE Madrid after ABC exclusive
Juan Lobato resigns as secretary general of PSOE Madrid after ABC exclusive. The until now leader of the Madrid socialists, who yesterday denounced a “lynching” on the part of the leaders of his party, assured this Wednesday in a letter that he had taken this decision “to put an end to a situation of confrontation and serious division which is “This generated in the game.” Inform Mariano Calleja.
