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Lugo Councillor Who Quit PSOE Backs PP in First Post-Resignation Vote

PSdeG’s leader declines to seek her seat, citing municipal autonomy.

Overview

  • María Reigosa supported a PP motion for urgent works on Lugo’s calle Fermín Rivera, giving it 13 votes to pass after leaving PSOE membership.
  • She says she will vote by conscience and has indicated support for the 2026 municipal budgets in a council where PSOE and BNG hold only a one-seat edge over the PP.
  • PSdeG secretary general José Ramón Gómez Besteiro ruled out asking Reigosa to surrender her council seat and said the situation falls under local group decisions.
  • Besteiro also pointed to pending federal party procedures in the separate José Tomé harassment case, as PP figures criticized PSOE’s internal instability in Lugo.
  • Confrontation in other Galician plenaries intensified, with Forcarei’s BNG decrying decorum breaches and Moaña’s PSOE spokesperson turning to the Valedora do Pobo after being accused of liking to prevaricate.