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The Departure of the 'Plumber' Leire Díez From the PSOE and the Ugly Conclusion that Can Be Drawn

  • Yesterday, following a lengthy meeting at the PSOE headquarters, Leire Díez chose to resign from the party amid ongoing judicial investigations into corruption.
  • Her resignation follows a background of the PSOE facing corruption scandals and attempts to distance the party from her actions, claiming she acted alone.
  • The party held a lengthy meeting at its national headquarters while Pedro Sánchez avoided public appearances, signaling efforts to shield him from scandal fallout.
  • Convictions related to the GAL terrorism case involved former PSOE officials Barrionuevo and Vera in 1998, and critics describe the current events as a damaging 'farce.'
  • Díez’s departure may delay deeper investigations within PSOE and reflects broader challenges the party faces with implicated members and internal tensions.
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The supposed plumber of the PSOE, Leire Díaz, protagonist of a new sainete in the politics of Spain, also harassed the socialist mayor of Palencia, Miriam Andrés. He did so during the Party Primarys in 2017 that confronted Pedro Sánchez against Susana Díaz, according to the leader herself revealed this Wednesday, who considers that the former socialist militant, who yesterday caused a drop in the formation of her own free will, should have been …

·Spain
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The appearance this Wednesday by former socialist activist Leire Díez, which should serve to clarify the audios in which it appears asking compromising information for the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard to an entrepreneur investigated by the justice system, ended up being a statement without questions with sainete dyes in which Díez merely repeated the justifications that he had already given. The former militant insisted that…

·Madrid, Spain
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He claims, in an appearance of only seven minutes and surrealist dye, that the audios that have been leaked are part of a "book" that he is writing as a "journalist" of investigation. Aldama breaks into Leire Díez's appearance: "It is a

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Lean Right

Appears this Wednesday after dropping out as a member of the PSOE

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Center

It insists on registering the conversations in which it sought to gather information about the UCO in the framework of a journalistic investigation.

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The party reports that the decision has come from the former socialist councillor herself and that once it becomes effective, the file opened by her talks with imputed businessmen will be suspended.

·Spain
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Noticias León | Última Hora León, Bierzo y Ponferrada broke the news on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
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