Overview

• In interviews published Sunday, the former PSOE deputy secretary general describes sustained internal hostility that she attributes to then-organization chief Santos Cerdán.
• She cites a UCO report with recordings in which José Luis Ábalos is heard speaking badly of her and Koldo García recounts Cerdán's response, placing both men in hostile discussions now before the courts.
• Lastra says the treatment intensified after the party’s October 2021 federal congress in Valencia and claims she was isolated, excluded from meetings, and undermined.
• She says she resigned from party leadership primarily for health reasons linked to a difficult pregnancy and notes she later accepted appointment as the Spanish government’s delegate in Asturias after declining a Health Ministry offer.
• She voices support for the Catalonia amnesty and debt relief plan, arguing they were necessary and beneficial, while reiterating she had no knowledge of any corrupt scheme involving Ábalos, García, or Cerdán.