The former Minister of Equality and Podemos candidate for the European elections, Irene Monterocontinues not to assume its responsibility for the criminal reductions that the Sexual Freedom Law – known as law of only yes is yes— provoked sex offenders in his last stint at the head of the department. He has acknowledged that he may have caused hardship for the victims, but he has absolved himself of blame.
This is how Montero summarized it, interviewed this Wednesday night on Cuatro, when asked if he should apologize to the victims of the sexual offenders who took to the streets benefiting from that law. Finally, the rule was reformed at the end of May 2023 with the votes of the PSOE and the PP, against those who were then partners of the Government.
“If only one victim needs forgiveness, of course it must be given, and I ask for forgiveness“, but qualifies, “now, I will never take responsibility of a sexist, judicial and media right that launched an offensive against the law to destroy the law of only yes is yesthe right to sexual freedom, the ministry of passage and the Government if they could”, justified the purple candidate for the Europeans.
[Los socios a la izquierda de Sánchez le presionan para cambiar el CGPJ sin el PP y derogar la ‘ley mordaza’]
The coalition government of PSOE and Unidas Podemos dedicated itself in early 2023 to systematically attacking the judicial system, which it blamed for unforeseen errors in the law of the only yes is yes. These criticisms, raised mainly by Montero and the Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarrafocused on “sexist justice [y] toga-wearing façades” who applied the law “in a defective manner.
That argument focused on the judges, but also extended to the area of ”the political and media right.” Now, Montero relates those attacks to Pedro Sánchez’s five days of reflection, in which the president considered resigning, as an argument to maintain that “political violence exists and becomes humanly unbearable.” He also believes that “judicial and media offensive” it still remains.
However, Montero slips that Sánchez could have sinned from “lack of empathy” with her and the former vice president. Pablo Iglesias, and accuses him of not having defended them enough when they were “the victims.” “Of course, if he [Sánchez] Now he is beginning to suffer what we have been suffering for 10 years, Podemos was not going to remain silent […] even though then they said that ‘we were making noise.'”
“I’m sorry that he had to realize it when it was his turn,” Montero said, and added. “But maybe he didn’t have that same empathy when we were seeing each other, because we saw each other weekly,” he lamented. According to her, they have not spoken since she left the ministry.
[Pedro Sánchez bloquea las iniciativas de Sumar en el Gobierno para ningunear a Yolanda Díaz]
Criticism of the Government
Montero was one of the few members of the coalition government who did not repeat on the lists for Congress on July 23, when she was vetoed by Yolanda Díaz from Sumar’s candidacy, first, and denied the possibility of renewing in the ministry, later. . Now, she criticizes those who were her partners for four years.
“Sánchez decided my departure from the Government”has recognized the number 2 of Podemos, “and I would never have accepted that we were in charge of the Ministry of Equality if I knew what we were going to do.”
For almost a year, the criticism of the formation was directed more towards Yolanda Díaz, of whom he now says that he believes that “time has shown” that she did not manage the Ministry of Labor as well as the previous legislature proclaimed.
