Former staff sue Tesh Sidi, Frente Amplio's deputy in Madrid, over workplace harassment
Three former collaborators of Tesh Sidi, deputy leader of Frente Amplio in Madrid, have filed harassment complaints with Más Madrid and Sumar. One of those affected needed medical leave.
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Three former members of Tesh Sidi's team in the Spanish Congress have filed complaints with the ethics bodies of Más Madrid and Movimiento Sumar, accusing her of "abusive, hostile and degrading" behaviour. The complainants claim that Más Madrid's leadership learned of the events in 2025 and took no disciplinary action.
**Tesh Sidi**, deputy leader of Frente Amplio in Madrid and a member of the Congress of Deputies, faces an internal complaint over alleged workplace harassment. Three former members of her parliamentary team have each filed complaints with the ethics bodies of **Más Madrid** and **Movimiento Sumar**. In them, they describe "abusive, hostile and degrading" behaviour during their professional relationship, according to LA RAZÓN.
## What the complaints say and who signed them
The signatories are three former members of the deputy's team. Two of them remain formally linked to Más Madrid. They claim the episodes ended up seriously affecting their personal and professional lives. One of the complainants needed medical leave for anxiety and psychological treatment; the clinical reports confirming this are in the possession of the newspaper that broke the story.
## Party leadership accused of inaction
The complaints do not stop at the deputy. They also point to Más Madrid's leadership: the authors brought the matter to the attention of four party officials in **2025**, but no disciplinary measures were taken against Sidi. According to the complainants, the leadership antiestéticared the deputy would give up her seat if reprimanded, which would have shifted the 2023 Sumar electoral list in favour of **Isabel Serra**, of Podemos. One of those affected describes pressure in that direction.
## A seat that shapes the response
The political calculation explains the silence, always according to the complainants' account. Sidi's seat in Congress is no minor detail for the coalition: her departure would alter the distribution of the 2023 list. Hence the complainants describe a conflict between the labour rights the party champions in public and its internal handling of the case.
The ethics bodies of Más Madrid and Sumar must now decide whether to open proceedings. Neither side has so far confirmed the outcome of these actions, and the allegations remain unverified.
**Tesh Sidi**, deputy leader of Frente Amplio in Madrid and a member of the Congress of Deputies, faces an internal complaint over alleged workplace harassment. Three former members of her parliamentary team have each filed complaints with the ethics bodies of **Más Madrid** and **Movimiento Sumar**. In them, they describe "abusive, hostile and degrading" behaviour during their professional relationship, according to LA RAZÓN.
## What the complaints say and who signed them
The signatories are three former members of the deputy's team. Two of them remain formally linked to Más Madrid. They claim the episodes ended up seriously affecting their personal and professional lives. One of the complainants needed medical leave for anxiety and psychological treatment; the clinical reports confirming this are in the possession of the newspaper that broke the story.
## Party leadership accused of inaction
The complaints do not stop at the deputy. They also point to Más Madrid's leadership: the authors brought the matter to the attention of four party officials in **2025**, but no disciplinary measures were taken against Sidi. According to the complainants, the leadership antiestéticared the deputy would give up her seat if reprimanded, which would have shifted the 2023 Sumar electoral list in favour of **Isabel Serra**, of Podemos. One of those affected describes pressure in that direction.
## A seat that shapes the response
The political calculation explains the silence, always according to the complainants' account. Sidi's seat in Congress is no minor detail for the coalition: her departure would alter the distribution of the 2023 list. Hence the complainants describe a conflict between the labour rights the party champions in public and its internal handling of the case.
The ethics bodies of Más Madrid and Sumar must now decide whether to open proceedings. Neither side has so far confirmed the outcome of these actions, and the allegations remain unverified.
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