sexual harassment

Another PSOE official resigns following a sexual harassment allegation

Javier Izquierdo says he's stepping down to "take on other professional and personal tasks": "Someone else will do it better."

Socialist senator Javier Izquierdo, in an archive image.
ARA
12/12/2025
1 min

BarcelonaAmid the storm in the PSOE because sexual harassment complaintsAnother official has resigned as a result. This is Javier Izquierdo, a member of the party's federal executive committee and a senator, who had been denounced through internal party channels. He himself has announced that he is complying with X.

"I'm doing this to focus on other professional and personal tasks; I'm sure there are others who can do it better," he emphasized in the post, reiterating his gratitude to the party. Besides Izquierdo, the PSOE has also had the scandal involving former Spanish government advisor Paco Salazar, in addition to the one that, until now, Secretary General of the PSOE in Torremolinos, Antonio Navarro, or the President of the Provincial Council of Lugo, José ToméJavier Izquierdo was until now a PSOE senator for Valladolid and spokesperson for the Socialists on two committees: the Housing and Urban Agenda Committee and the committee investigating the management of the president of the Center for Sociological Research (CIS). Within the party, he also held the position of Secretary of Studies and Programs for the federal executive committee.

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