Overview

• Villares resigned as conselleiro do Mar within 24 hours of being formally charged with allegedly sexually assaulting presenter Paloma Lago.
• In a press conference after the Conference of Presidents in Barcelona, Rueda said his hug was meant to acknowledge Villares’s performance in office rather than signal support for the accusation.
• The president stressed that the Xunta de Galicia provides aid and protection to victims of gender-based violence and ensures no case goes unpunished.
• Rueda insisted that only a judge should determine the outcome of Villares’s case and urged that the judicial process conclude swiftly.
• Both Rueda and incoming conselleira do Mar Marta Villaverde called for timely justice so Villares can resume his political career once the case is resolved.