The instability within the PSOE of Cádiz became evident during the compilation of the provincial list for the Andalusian elections. María Jesús Montero, Secretary General of PSOE-A, had been tasked with leading the party's reconstruction after the 2022 results, when the party achieved its worst historical figures in the province, securing only three parliamentarians.
The former Minister of Finance, seen from Moncloa as the figure capable of unifying the party's factions in Andalusia, proposed Fernando López Gil as the head of the list. This decision clashed with the proposal from the Provincial Executive, which supported Juan Cornejo, an ally of the provincial secretary general, Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix.
The conflict escalated when the PSOE-A List Committee modified the initial proposal from the Cádiz militants, reassigning Juan Cornejo to the third position and placing López Gil in the first. However, Juan Cornejo, Secretary of Organization for PSOE in Cádiz, refused to be on the list, prompting Montero to try and persuade him. Ultimately, López Gil accepted the third position, and the party's Steering Committee appointed Juan Cornejo as number one.
“"I'm sorry but you have been a very bad secretary general and candidate. Thank you for your resignation!"
Juan Cornejo, a councilor in Medina, is the son of the renowned socialist politician Juan María Cornejo López, who served as mayor of Medina between 1987 and 1995, an Andalusian parliamentarian, and a senator for the province of Cádiz. Meanwhile, Fernando López Gil, with an extensive political career, was a delegate of the Junta in Cádiz during Susana Díaz's government and a key figure in the San Fernando City Council. In 2016, López Gil even called for the resignation of Pedro Sánchez as Secretary General of the PSOE.
