Overview
- Seville’s PSOE leadership said it will not take measures against Mayor Diego Manuel Agüera, citing a lack of certainty, no formal complaint on file, and no judicial process opened.
- The PSOE’s federal harassment-complaints body has characterized the allegations as of special gravity and signaled it will notify prosecutors or the courts if the complainant does not.
- Agüera and the La Algaba municipal government deny the accusations, assert there is no judicial case, and threaten legal action to counter what they call defamation.
- The internal complaint, received by the party on January 13, includes Instagram screenshots in which the mayor allegedly expressed sexual desire and asked the minor explicit questions, according to reporting.
- The local Partido Popular requested an urgent meeting of the council’s junta de portavoces to seek information and reserved possible legal and political actions, while no public judicial investigation has been reported.