The leader of PSOE of Madrid has decided to resign from his position after the pressure received in recent days. This Wednesday, November 27, Juan Lobato has made public by letter its firm decision to resign from continuing as general secretary of his party in this community. The politician assures in the text that he has made this decision “to put a stop to a situation of confrontation and serious division that was being generated in the party.” In the last few hours there were many requests for resignation that had spread within the socialist party. Finally, Lobato has decided to step aside.
The difficult situation of the politician Juan Lobato In the PSOE it began last Sunday, November 24 at night, when ‘ABC’ published that he had gone to a notary to record a WhatsApp conversation with his partner Pilar Sánchez Acera in which the email in which the defense of Alberto González Amadorboyfriend of Isabel Diaz Ayusonegotiated an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office for the alleged commission of several tax crimes.
The published information sparked a hurricane that upset the PSOE, multiplying the pressure on Lobato. “I was only going to hurt the PSOE in Madrid and the progress in unity that we had achieved in these three years,” says the socialist in his statement, in which he adds that his objective “has always been to build an ambitious and hopeful project for Madrid and that is how it should continue to be in the future. “.
Juan Lobato’s salary in the Senate
The salary of Juan Lobato as leader of the Madrid PSOE It is not public, so the money that will stop coming in when he resigns from this position is unknown. Until today, he had a triple job: in charge of training PSOE-Mas speaker in the Assembly and as senator in the General Courts of Spain. Like any public office, Lobato is obliged to report at least once a year and this consultation, according to Law 19/2013, of December 9, is freely accessible to citizens. Through the transparency portal we can know the money he receives per month for his work as a senator. The gross salary amounts to 58,317 euros, which represents a monthly contribution of 4,165 euros.
The amounts set include the base salary and allowances. For the first concept, he receives 3,189 euros while for the second, a total of 976 euros is added to the payroll, as stated on said portal.