Denounced a case of sexual harassment in the JNC, youth organization of Junts

The ex-militant of the Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya (JNC) Nil Garcia yesterday uncovered a case of alleged sexual harassment that he suffered from a former Convergència official and now a member of Junts per Catalunya in Camp de Tarragona.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
04 July 2022 Monday 01:55
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Denounced a case of sexual harassment in the JNC, youth organization of Junts

The ex-militant of the Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya (JNC) Nil Garcia yesterday uncovered a case of alleged sexual harassment that he suffered from a former Convergència official and now a member of Junts per Catalunya in Camp de Tarragona. Through his Twitter account, Garcia explained that the events occurred eight years ago, and without revealing his identity, he stated that the stalker (whom he refers to as Mr. Q) was 50 years old and had been a city councilor. important.

Although the affected party assured that he reported the facts and that he filed an internal complaint in the party, it ended "in nothing". “They saw no indication of malpractice in a 50-year-old guy discussing sex with two 16-17-year-old boys and him having video of one masturbating,” he added.

Garcia's initiative has caused other alleged affected parties to take the step to denounce other alleged cases of sexual harassment carried out by the same person. Garcia said that more than 20 people have contacted him explaining similar cases. Consequently, yesterday the general secretary of the JNC, Álvaro Clapés-Saganyoles, stated that he had contacted the general secretary of JxCat, Jordi Turull, "to coordinate the actions in the face of the reported events." “As a result of the complaints of harassment by militants and ex-militants of the JNC, I express my support and that of the JNC to the people affected and I make myself available to them in order to clarify the facts and act accordingly. Zero tolerance for harassment”, Clapés stressed.

Garcia gave many details of the sexual harassment by the politician whom he calls Mr. Q. He was then between 16 and 17 years old and the CDC activist in Tarragona was 50. He explains how he first gained his trust by introducing him to important people in the party, but that Later, the relationship led to conversations with sexual content through a WhatsApp group that the politician created with two young homosexuals from the JNC.