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El alcalde de Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, en declaraciones a los medios
José Luis Martínez-Almeida, en declaraciones a los medios tras la dimisión del delegado del Gobierno en Madrid, Francisco Martín Aguirre. · Fotografía de prensa

Almeida: 'Sánchez does not pay even his friends' after Francisco Martín resigns

Madrid mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida said that 'Sánchez does not pay even his friends' after government delegate Francisco Martín Aguirre resigned on…

--- The context --- The resignation of the Spanish government's delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martín Aguirre, has opened a political clash in the countdown to the general elections of 29N. Martín has left his posts after finding that he had not been included on the PSOE lists for that vote, and Madrid mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida responded this Monday in statements to the media with a harsh reading of the institutional meaning of that departure. --- The facts --- Almeida said that «Roma no paga a traidores y Sánchez no paga ni a los amigos» — Rome does not pay traitors and Sánchez does not pay even his friends. According to the mayor, Martín is leaving «porque presumiblemente quiere estar aforado», presumably because he wants parliamentary immunity, and his departure is also a warning to all those who have sacrificed their dignity, decency and honesty on the altar of Sanchismo. The mayor also criticized that he is resigning over a party matter, suggesting that Martín's support for Enma López in the PSOE primaries for the mayoralty played a role, primaries that Reyes Maroto won by the narrowest margin. Almeida argued that, with a minimum of dignity, a delegate does not leave an institutional post because his party does not put him on a list. --- The positions --- The socialist spokesperson, Reyes Maroto, said she sees no relation between Martín's departure and his support in the primaries for Enma López, and respected the delegate's step back. Almeida advised her that she should take a good look at herself, because Martín also looks as if he was the object of retaliation, precisely for not supporting Reyes Maroto and for supporting Emma López Araujo. For the mayor, he should have resigned over the Vuelta Ciclista or the illegal encampment where there has been a sexual aggression and an attempted stabbing. --- What remains unknown --- It remains unknown how Martín's time at the head of the delegation will be closed and what response the government will give to the accusations about immunity. Nor is it clarified whether the departure is related to the primaries, and the decision on the Sol encampment, which the mayor asked to lift immediately, remains pending. --- Unanswered questions --- Will Martín explain publicly whether his resignation responds only to being left off the PSOE lists for 29N? Will anyone clarify whether his support for Emma López Araujo in the primaries influenced his departure? Will the Sol encampment be lifted after the sexual aggression denounced by the mayor? What evidence backs the suspicion about immunity that Almeida raised in the form of questions in his statements this Monday in Madrid? --- EPM analysis --- The underlying debate is institutional: a government representative's office should not be lived as an extension of the party, and a resignation motivated by an electoral list feeds that confusion. The insinuations about his criminal future are just that, insinuations without proof in the statements gathered, and the Sol encampment mixes the housing demand with a grave report that requires verifiable answers. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, Martín's resignation leaves an institutional lesson that goes beyond the partisan clash: whoever holds a government delegation must answer to citizens, not to a list, and confusing both loyalties degrades the office. That demand, however, does not turn the suspicions about immunity into facts nor exempt anyone from proving them, and the situation in Sol calls for responsible decisions that protect people without erasing the housing demand that the mayor himself recognizes as transformed today.
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