Overview
- The PSOE federal leadership formally named the Burela mayor as its candidate, clearing the way for a January 14 vote to replace José Tomé.
- BNG confirmed it will vote for López after talks that produced an additional €500,000 for the 2027 Plan Deputación.
- With 9 PSOE and 3 BNG deputies, López still needs a 13th vote that could come from Tomé, now a non‑affiliated provincial deputy.
- If López reaches only 12 votes, the PP’s Antonio Ameijide would prevail as head of the most‑voted list under tie rules.
- The PP denounced the arrangement as a “pact of shame,” while Alberto Rueda called it a “gigantic exercise in hypocrisy,” criticism tied to the harassment allegation that prompted Tomé’s December resignation.