Overview
- Ferraz acknowledged receiving the councilor’s complaint through its internal channel and has begun processing it.
- The complainant says she faced phone threats, defamation, and pressure that led to her removal from a party-paid job in Mérida.
- According to her account, the formal dismissal was signed off by former regional leader Miguel Ángel Gallardo after alleged pressure from Quintana.
- Quintana serves as Spain’s government delegate in Extremadura and heads the regional PSOE caretaker committee, and coverage notes his longstanding closeness to Pedro Sánchez.
- Sources close to Quintana told El Mundo they were unaware of the alleged pressure and deny any recent dismissals tied to his influence, while no public legal action has been reported.