Más Madrid issued a statement this Friday night explaining that it has demanded the resignation of its deputy in the Assembly Loreto Arenillas, former chief of staff of Íñigo Errejón. According to Mónica García’s formation, Arenillas had refused to resign, which is why Más Madrid has announced “the cessation of all his responsibilities and positions in the party.” A few minutes later, Arenillas herself reported from her ‘X’ account that she was renouncing her membership as a deputy and leaving the party.
“I have decided to abandon my membership as a deputy, leave the party, and continue fighting against the abuses, including this one to which I am being subjected,” said Loreto Arenillas, shortly after Más Madrid issued its statement in which it reported its refusal. to resign.
Más Madrid has maintained a strict silence since yesterday, when the news broke about Errejón’s resignation and his reasons related to alleged acts of sexual content. In the midst of the information maelstrom, the name of his former chief of staff Loreto Arenillas also appeared, who supposedly pressured some of the victims not to report the harassment of the Sumar politician.
Tonight, after nine o’clock, Más Madrid has issued a statement, where this group assures that it feels “dismayed.” «We feel deep disappointment and sadness about the news we are learning about Íñigo Errejón. We are horrified by the news that is being published. They are repulsive acts of sexist and sexual violence that have no extenuating circumstance or possible alibi. “We express our solidarity with the victims and condemn their actions.”
From there, the statement explains its version of the events: «On Monday, an anonymous message was published on Cristina Fallarás’ Instagram account that accused a Madrid politician of a series of abuses. Very quickly the networks associated this message with the name of Íñigo Errejón. At that same moment, from Más Madrid we acted: we asked Errejón for explanations and after giving credibility to said abuses, we immediately asked Sumar to dismiss all his positions and hand over his deputy record, at the same time that Sumar was considering the same decision. .
The statement highlights that “Errejón had not been a public official of Más Madrid for a long time, but it is evident that he is a person who has been an important part of the history of Más Madrid, who has been active in our party and we take charge, we “It hurts and disappoints us in a very direct and profound way.”
Más Madrid recognizes that they have not done things “well”: “In view of the serious events that we are learning about, we believe that it is evident that Más Madrid has not done things well.”
From there, they refer to the actions of Loreto Arenillas, a representative until now in the Madrid Assembly and spokesperson for feminism: «A year ago, the Más Madrid representative Loreto Arenillas learned of some events related to Errejón at a concert in Castellón for which a woman accused him of touching her ass. In her personal capacity, she began a mediation process with the affected women trying to clarify what happened. This process was unsatisfactory for them and shortly after the accusation of aggression was made public on social networks, without the party being informed of the accusations or this process at any time. Days later, after the party found out about the accusation through a Twitter thread, we contacted Loreto Arenillas and asked her to make the reporting mechanisms we have available to the victims, without receiving a response from them. , so we closed the case. Today we are aware that it was a completely insufficient action and we assume responsibility for the consequences that this action may have had.
Más Madrid assures that it was unaware of the events that are being reported now: «Más Madrid was not aware of episodes similar to that of a year ago, nor to those that have been reported in recent days about Errejón. “We have no complaints or specific testimonies, neither present nor past, but even so we should have acted more forcefully after that episode.”
From Más Madrid they have explained that in view of the events they have approached Arenillas to demand her resignation, but she refused, so the political party announced her dismissal from all positions: “Regarding the complaint of the aggression in Castellón and the intervention of the representative Loreto Arenillas, we appreciate that the explanations she gave then do not correspond to the reality that we have known during the last days and hours. Given this circumstance, we have demanded the resignation of the deputy. Given his refusal, we announce the cessation of all his responsibilities and positions in the party.
Immediately afterwards, Loreto Arenillas has published her own version, in which she claims to be the victim of a campaign of lies and announces her resignation from her position as deputy and her abandonment of the party.
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