At 2:33 p.m. this Thursday, the former leader of Sumar Íñigo Errejón announced through a message on As explained from his own party throughout the afternoon of Thursday, Errejón’s decision came after he himself acknowledged to the leadership of the formation that he had maintained “sexist behavior” such as those attributed to him through social networks. .
This is what we know so far about the accusations against him and the reasons for his resignation.
What precipitated Errejón’s resignation?
On Tuesday, anonymous messages spread by journalist Cristina Fallarás began circulating on Instagram and X denouncing that a “well-known politician from Madrid” was a “psychological abuser” and a “true monster.” Although these messages did not explicitly mention Íñigo Errejón, everyone within Sumar understood that they were referring to him. It was then that several leaders began to ask him for explanations and, finally, for his resignation.
What steps were taken within Sumar when the first accusations became known?
Deputies of the parliamentary group in Congress, workers and party colleagues from Errejón in Más Madrid demanded responsibilities because, as they have explained in recent hours, it was not the first time that something like this had happened. The leadership of Más Madrid, a party that he founded, met urgently and conveyed to Yolanda Díaz the demand for his immediate dismissal.
Several Sumar leaders then contacted the spokesperson in search of explanations and, according to all the sources consulted by elDiario.es aware of those conversations, Errejón admitted his sexist behavior but denied having committed any criminal act. Díaz, on an official trip to Colombia, demanded that he present his resignation immediately and he decided to do so. Movimiento Sumar called an emergency executive meeting and the management decided to accept the resignation.
What are the specific accusations against Errejón?
On the one hand there are the testimonies reported on Tuesday by Cristina Fallarás who spoke of Errejón as a psychological abuser in his relationship with women and a “true monster.” After her resignation, this Thursday the actress Elisa Mouliaá publicly denounced on the social network She has already filed a complaint with the Family and Women’s Care Unit (UFAM) of the National Police.
What does the complaint of actress Elisa Mouliaá say?
As La Sexta has advanced, in that complaint, which elDiario.es has also had, Mouliaá recounts a sexual assault. She explains that on the way to a party to which she took Errejón, he became “in a dominant attitude” and that in the elevator on the way to the event “he grabbed her (…) tightly by the waist and started kissing her.” inserting his tongue inside her mouth, leaving her breathless and violent.”
Mouliaá denounces that at the party Errejón “introduced her into a room of the house” which the former leader of Sumar “locked to prevent her from escaping, beginning to kiss and touch” the actress “on different parts of her body, especially in the area of the breasts and buttocks” while “he said lewd phrases such as ‘how do you make me feel’” and “he even took off her bra.”
At that moment, the complaint says, he pushed her “on the bed and the accused took out his virile member, beginning to lick the area of the declarant’s breasts.” An attitude towards which Mouliaá “remembers that she felt paralyzed and that she did not consent to anything that happened, it was at that moment when she told him that she wanted to continue at the party, arguing that her friend had been left alone.”
“He put the latch on and started touching me everywhere, he threw me on the bed and took out his penis. I told him that I wanted to go out because my friend was alone and he said yes, on the condition that we leave in 20 minutes,” Mouliaá says in conversation with elDiario.es about the reported events.
How does the Police act when faced with a complaint of this type?
As police sources have explained, the first thing that is done is a “reception of the victim”, to which “special attention is given during the formulation of their complaint, using active listening, respecting their times and offering specialized resources.” Afterwards, a “verification of the veracity of the facts is carried out through the corresponding investigative procedures and” if sufficient evidence appears against the alleged perpetrator, action will be taken against him, always informing the judicial authority.
What have been the explanations that Errejón has given so far?
For the moment, the former leader of Sumar has only published the aforementioned letter in “I have reached the limit of the contradiction between the character and the person,” he points out. “On the political and media front line you survive and are more effective, at least that has been my case, with a way of behaving that is often emancipated from care, empathy and the needs of others. This generates a toxic subjectivity that in the case of men, patriarchy multiplies, with co-workers, with organizational colleagues, with emotional relationships and even with oneself,” he adds.
What have they said publicly about it from Sumar?
Yolanda Díaz has stated that the resignation was the result of the internal investigation. “Our commitment against machismo and for a feminist society is firm and without exceptions,” he added on Thursday afternoon. Ministers such as Ernest Urtasun, Sira Rego or leaders such as the spokesperson for Más Madrid in the assembly, Manuela Bergerot, also criticized his behavior and defended his resignation. Elizabeth Duval, Secretary of Communication for Movimiento Sumar, explained late on Cadena Ser that Errejón’s “behavior” “has no place in a formation that is considered feminist.” “We considered that these behaviors were intolerable and given the facts that he recognized, there was no other option than his resignation,” he concluded.
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