Politics · Spain · 10 hrs ago
Report says PSOE spokesperson offered rival a salary to drop 2019 race
Rebeca Torró reportedly offered Jorge Rodríguez a party salary if he would not seek re-election as mayor of Onteniente, in Spain's Valencia region, in 2019.
Torró is now the PSOE's spokesperson and its secretary of organization.
Rodríguez had broken with the PSOE in Valencia and created a new party, Ens Uneix, to run again.
Messages described in the story show Torró appearing to support his plans, while also urging him to keep the new party secret.
She later tried to persuade him not to run, according to people quoted in the story.
Rodríguez went ahead, and his new party won the local election, while the PSOE retained only one councillor.
The account says Rodríguez was ultimately cleared in a separate case over alleged irregular appointments.
Torró's appointment as spokesperson brings the old messages back into focus; no further action is reported.
Vozpópuli reports that Rebeca Torró offered Onteniente mayor Jorge Rodríguez a party salary in 2019 if he did not run for re-election.
The outlet says the offer was intended to prevent Rodríguez from competing against Torró, then the PSOE candidate for mayor.
Messages published by the outlet show Torró advising Rodríguez to keep the creation of his new party quiet.
Rodríguez ran with Ens Uneix and was re-elected in the May 2019 municipal elections.
Torró was named PSOE spokesperson on 17 October 2026, according to Diario AS.
- Who
- Rebeca Torró, then a PSOE candidate, and Jorge Rodríguez, mayor of Onteniente.
- What
- Vozpópuli reports that Torró offered Rodríguez a party salary if he did not run for re-election.
- When
- In 2019, ahead of the May municipal elections.
- Where
- Onteniente, Valencia, Spain.
- Why
- The reported offer was intended to stop Rodríguez from competing against Torró for the mayoralty.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Torró messaged Rodríguez about keeping the new party quiet, according to messages cited by Vozpópuli.
Rodríguez ran in the municipal elections with Ens Uneix and was re-elected, according to Vozpópuli.
The PSOE named Torró its new spokesperson, according to Diario AS.
- Reported offer
- A salary paid by the party
- Rival
- Jorge Rodríguez, mayor of Onteniente
- New party
- Ens Uneix
- Election date
- 27 May 2019
- New PSOE role
- Spokesperson, announced 17 October 2026
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Mira a ver qué haces para que nadie se entere
¿Sabes? Es que creo que estoy haciendo todo lo posible e imposible para que la jugada nos salga bien (con el PSOE), y si alguien habla más de la cuenta sobre el nuevo partido y todo se va al traste…
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