The accusation by several women of"inappropriate behavior" by Paco Salazar, the person whom Pedro Sánchez had appointed as the PSOE's shadow plumber, has ended with his resignation from the position before the start of the Federal Committee of the party, which is being held this weekend, in which he was to have been confirmed. He voluntarily leaves the position of Secretary of Analysis and Electoral Action, within the PSOE's Organization Secretariat, and has also requested to be provisionally removed from his responsibilities of Institutional Coordination of the Presidency of the Government, which he also held, according to government sources.

Following the information released by 'eldiario.es', Salazar himself has requested that the party"open a preliminary investigation into the news released this morning and has also requested to be removed from his current duties on the Federal Executive Commission", according to Ferraz management.

The Socialist leadership has stated that it will initiate these proceedings"immediately," despite asserting that it has no "reports in this regard through any of the authorized channels."

In Moncloa, the Secretary General of the Presidency"has launched the established mechanisms to clarify the facts revealed this morning and determine whether it is appropriate to activate the protocol for addressing sexual and gender-based harassment, as established by the General State Administration."

Party sources confirm that, after the information from 'eldiario.es' was released, there was pressure for Salazar to resign. Ultimately, the Organization Secretariat will be left with one head, Rebecca Torró, and two deputies, Anabel Mateos and Borja Cabezón, instead of three, as initially planned.

Government sources add that"no employee has requested the activation of said protocol, nor has there been any knowledge of any verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that could constitute degrading, offensive, or intimidating behavior in the Presidency of the Government that could affect Francisco Salazar."

Adriana Lastra, on behalf of the Asturian Federation, had previously stated that Salazar could not continue on the Executive Committee before the resignation was announced. For her part, Pilar Alegría, general secretary in Aragón, had defended that"he is an absolutely honest colleague," although she said she had not read the information.

Core of trust

Salazar (Montellano, Seville, 1968) was a member of the increasingly reduced inner circle of the socialist leader, who was already a member of the national leadership as head of Electoral Analysis and general secretary of Institutional Coordination at La Moncloa, within the cabinet of the President of the Government.

The president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, has said that he finds out about"almost everything" related to the party from the press."I found out that they wanted to appoint him and I also found out that he is no longer there," said the socialist baron, who was greeted with cries of"miserable" by a group of people gathered in front of the party headquarters.