Madrid (EFE) She is joined by other well-known socialist names such as the president of the Higher Sports Council, José Manuel Franco, or the deputy director of the Prime Minister’s cabinet, Antonio Hernando.
The Government delegate in Galicia, José Ramón Gómez Besteiro, will also have to leave his position, which, as the director of the Civil Guard, had arrived a few weeks ago, after the appointment in March of José Miñones as the new Minister of Health.
Besteiro will go as number one on the PSdeG list to Congress for the province of Lugo after a stage that, as he himself acknowledged, had been “brief”, although “very active”.
The same will happen to the Government delegate in Aragon, Rosa Serrano, who is running on the electoral lists for the Senate for the province of Huesca.
The electoral law (LOREG) establishes that they cannot be elected deputies or senators who hold a series of positions, such as the high positions of the ministries (undersecretaries, general directors, cabinet directors, etc.) or the delegates and subdelegates of the Government.
Therefore, on the day of the presentation of their candidacy or at any time after until the elections are held, they will not be able to occupy these positions since, otherwise, they would be ineligible.
The former leader of the PSOE from Madrid, José Manuel Franco, will also have to leave his post as president of the Superior Sports Council (CSD), who will go as the head of the party’s list for the Senate for Madrid.
Two high-ranking officials from Moncloa also appear in the candidacies approved this Saturday by the Executive Committee of the PSOE: the deputy director of the President’s Cabinet, Antonio Hernando and the general secretary for Political Planning, Paco Salazar.
Hernando will lead the candidacy for the Lower House for Almería and Salazar will go fourth on the list for Seville.