PSOE Palencia rebels against Ferraz after their Congress candidate is imposed by Sáenz
The entire PSOE list in Palencia resigns after Martínez Seijo is imposed as the Congress candidate. The federal leadership responds by dissolving the provincial executive.
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The entire PSOE list in Palencia has resigned en bloc after the federal leadership imposed Martínez Seijo as the candidate for Congress. The provincial executive has been dismissed and the party has appointed a caretaker committee.
The PSOE federal leadership imposed **Martínez Seijo** as the Congress candidate for Palencia and the full list resigned. The provincial executive was dismissed and replaced by a caretaker committee. The conflict erupted after the party membership had already voted.
## An imposition that breaks the list
The full list of Congress candidates for Palencia resigned after Ferraz imposed **Martínez Seijo** at the top of the ticket. The decision was taken without the backing of the provincial membership. The mass resignation leaves the candidacy without members and forces it to be rebuilt from scratch.
## The dismissal of the executive and the caretaker committee
The federal leadership responded to the challenge by dismissing the provincial executive and appointing a caretaker committee. The standoff between the central apparatus and the local branch ended with the party's direct intervention. The caretaker committee now takes over campaign organisation in a province where the PSOE used to govern comfortably.
## The provincial secretary's response
The provincial secretary, **Miriam Andrés**, published a message reproaching the federal leadership for ignoring the voice of the membership. In her account, Palencia debated and took part until exhaustion before Ferraz's decision was imposed. The text closes with an ironic reference to the party's internal democracy.
## A precedent other provinces are watching
Placing a constituency under a caretaker committee after a mass resignation is not common in the PSOE. The episode leaves open the question of whether the party apparatus will repeat the method in other constituencies where the membership has already had its say. The Palencia candidacy is now in the hands of a committee that never faced an internal vote.
The PSOE federal leadership imposed **Martínez Seijo** as the Congress candidate for Palencia and the full list resigned. The provincial executive was dismissed and replaced by a caretaker committee. The conflict erupted after the party membership had already voted.
## An imposition that breaks the list
The full list of Congress candidates for Palencia resigned after Ferraz imposed **Martínez Seijo** at the top of the ticket. The decision was taken without the backing of the provincial membership. The mass resignation leaves the candidacy without members and forces it to be rebuilt from scratch.
## The dismissal of the executive and the caretaker committee
The federal leadership responded to the challenge by dismissing the provincial executive and appointing a caretaker committee. The standoff between the central apparatus and the local branch ended with the party's direct intervention. The caretaker committee now takes over campaign organisation in a province where the PSOE used to govern comfortably.
## The provincial secretary's response
The provincial secretary, **Miriam Andrés**, published a message reproaching the federal leadership for ignoring the voice of the membership. In her account, Palencia debated and took part until exhaustion before Ferraz's decision was imposed. The text closes with an ironic reference to the party's internal democracy.
## A precedent other provinces are watching
Placing a constituency under a caretaker committee after a mass resignation is not common in the PSOE. The episode leaves open the question of whether the party apparatus will repeat the method in other constituencies where the membership has already had its say. The Palencia candidacy is now in the hands of a committee that never faced an internal vote.
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