Enma López removed from the leadership of the municipal PSOE of Madrid after the primaries

The internal primary processes in political parties always tend to leave wounds. Sometimes they just heal and other times, as in the case of the PSOE of the Madrid City Council, there are no stitches to repair them. Those fiery episodes of July, in which, to the surprise of many (everyone), Enma López, number two in the municipal formation, decided to take a step forward and face her 'boss', Reyes Maroto, to be the candidate in the next municipal elections. It was precisely López who served as Maroto's campaign director, back in 2023. Both have shared the group's two main seats throughout the legislature. But it won't be like that anymore.

"Reyes Maroto has informed me of his decision to remove me from my duties," lamented Enma López through a statement published on her In addition, the coordination tasks of the districts, which were also the responsibility of Enma, will be carried out by Jorge Donaire, who also arrived with Maroto in 2024, to cover the departure of Adriana Moscoso.

"It is a decision that I accept, but I do not share. It is not part of the way in which I understand the primaries or the internal democracy of the parties," that writing reveals. "My will is to continue with my work as a councilor in the Madrid City Council with the tasks that the leadership of my group considers appropriate and appropriate for me. I will do so, as always, with the enthusiasm and dedication that the position, my party, its militants and the people of Madrid deserve," she adds.

The embers of those primaries and that candidacy of López that caught more than one on the wrong foot - especially one. Maroto considered that movement by his former campaign manager a "disloyalty" and the summer has not managed to resolve that fracture. Much less the results of the internal process, which concluded with an inconclusive victory for Maroto. There were 1,045 votes for her and 841 for López, who suffered a sweet defeat. So much so that the atmosphere, with the first Plenary Session of the course just around the corner, has become almost unbreathable.

From the Socialist Municipal Group they justify the decision by looking towards the elections of May 2027. With this demotion of López, they say, they seek to "strengthen their political and organizational capacity" as well as "strengthen the opposition's work and advance in the dissemination of a city project." However, the most obvious conclusion is that Maroto has chosen to remove those who have been overshadowing him almost since the very moment the legislature woke up.