Seville, (EFE) seat in the Andalusian Chamber and his position as second secretary of the Board of Parliament.
López, who this Wednesday has participated in the weekly meeting of the Table, has later appeared before journalists and has stated that the PSOE’s code of ethics establishes that resignation occurs when there is an open trial. An oral cause, which is not the case.
Given the requests of the rest of the parties for him to leave the governing body of Parliament, he has called for “restraint”. Especially to the PP, since he has recalled the requests for the presumption of innocence that that party launches with the mayoress of Marbella or the councilor Carmen Crespo.
Responsibility as a parliamentarian
He has defended that after stepping aside temporarily in the party he has to continue exercising his “responsibility” as a parliamentarian. And above all defend his innocence.
López explained that, as Organization Secretary of the PSOE-A, he has preferred to stay “on the sidelines”. Especially now that other elections are coming up. So that the party is focused on the elections and he cannot assume “any unusual or disturbing circumstance.”
He has assured that he has “absolute tranquility” because he is going to show that he has “nothing to do with that matter.” And he hopes to testify “as soon as possible” before the TSJA, while he has recalled that he is “neither charged nor investigated.”
The parliamentary spokesperson for the PSOE-A, Ángeles Férriz, pointed out at a press conference that Noel López performs “normal and ordinary” functions in Parliament. And she has recalled that the decision not to act as secretary of the Organization is his.
For their part, PP, Vox and Por Andalucía have demanded that Noel López leave his responsibility in the Table, the body that organizes the internal work of Parliament and decides on the processing of the different initiatives.
The PP believes that it should not continue at the Table
The PP spokesman, Toni Martín, has opined that he should not be “one more minute” at the Table, for the good of the socialist group. But also “for the good name and cleanliness” of Parliament, since “there are cases that are absolutely scandalous” and that create “social alarm”.
The Vox spokesman, Manuel Gavira, has gone further and has asked that he also leave the seat in Parliament because when the judicial proceedings of that case have been known, the consequence seems “quite evident”. “Not only do you have to be, you also have to look like it.”
For Andalusia, he is also in favor of Noel López leaving his post. “In our opinion, he should leave office in the government of the Andalusian Chamber given the circumstances,” said the coalition spokesperson, Inma Nieto.
López, implicated in the case of the kidnapping of Maracena (Granada) by an investigative court, has left the organic position to defend his “innocence”. Although his situation is pending the decision of the TSJA on the imputation of him for his status as a deputy and appraised.
The PSOE’s code of ethics states that you cannot be expelled from the party if you do not request to leave if your accusation is confirmed and when the TSJA opens an oral trial. EFE