This Sunday, on La Sextastarting at 9:25 pm, Rita Maestre sits with Gonzo at Savedafter Íñigo Errejón announced his resignation and unleashed a storm in the Spanish political left and a few days before he is due to testify in court. The spokeswoman for Más Madrid and current leader of the opposition in the Madrid city council. has not only been a close political collaborator of Errejón for almost ten years, but also became his romantic partner.
Maestre sits down with Gonzo after having made public a letter in which she openly spoke of personal disappointment upon discovering what revealed the accusations of harassment and sexist violence. against Errejón that ended with the resignation of the deputy and his abandonment of active politics.
Madrid’s politics shows itself to be “disappointed and furious” with the one who was his partner in the political project since the foundation of Podemos and until the last general elections, when Errejón joined the lists of Sumar. He claims to have felt “astonishment” when he learned of the accusations against his former colleague and that he is still digesting what has happened.
Why did she write a public letter, if in her party and the political space to which he belongs knew that Errejón’s hidden face or if they consciously looked the other way when Errejón was already denounced in June 2023 are appearing in the conversation.
Maestre tells how was the talk with Errejón in which Errejón admitted “very quickly” the accusations against him. And the state of shock he was left in. Beyond the impact of the case, Maestre is convinced that there is also a good side: “that an alleged sexual predator is out of politics because of an anonymous complaint on Instagram is good and it is thanks to feminism.”.
In a tone as serene as firm, Maestre does not shy away from any of the questions. Did anyone in her political space know about Errejón’s double face, Is she more affected in the personal or political sphere?Did they look the other way in the party when there was a complaint against him in June 2023 because the general elections were close, Was there too much testosterone in the initial leadership of Podemos, Is the fall of Errejón the end of the cycle that began ten years ago with the emergence of Podemos? Or has he considered whether it is worth continuing in politics, are some of them.