Interior calls the 'canvas of hate' deployed by Vox in the center of Madrid "serious"

The so-called canvas of hatred deployed by Vox at the confluence of Alcalá and Goya streets in Madrid has reached the Council of Ministers, at whose press conference the Minister of the Interior has assured that the initiative of the ultranationalist party "does not even help a coexistence peaceful nor to respect the diversity for whose defense the Government will be absolutely belligerent".

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
19 June 2023 Monday 16:25
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Interior calls the 'canvas of hate' deployed by Vox in the center of Madrid "serious"

The so-called canvas of hatred deployed by Vox at the confluence of Alcalá and Goya streets in Madrid has reached the Council of Ministers, at whose press conference the Minister of the Interior has assured that the initiative of the ultranationalist party "does not even help a coexistence peaceful nor to respect the diversity for whose defense the Government will be absolutely belligerent".

"It is not up to me to say if it is a hate crime but the seriousness, in that sense, is manifest. Those behaviors where the different is put into question or the defense and richness of diversity do not generate coexistence (... ) and encourage more incendiary speech and hate crimes", denounced Fernando Grande-Marlaska after being asked about the canvas on which a hand can be seen, with a Spanish bracelet, throwing logos such as the feminist movement, the Agenda 2030 and the communist party, in addition to the independence flag and the LGTBI and trans flag itself.

Throw away the "progressive crap" and "decide what matters", says Vox, referring to "freedom, security, borders, family, the countryside and industry" as an incentive to call on his electorate to participate in the closing ceremony of the Assembly that the party will hold this June 24 at IFEMA.

The reaction of the Executive after the Governing Council occurs 24 hours after the complaint of the LGTBI collectives. "We are not going to allow the far-right party to continue threatening the collective," said the president of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans, Bisexuals, Intersex and More (FELGTBI), Uge Sangil, in statements to the media with reason for the presentation of the acts of Madrid Pride MADO.

Also present at the press conference was Roni de la Cruz, president of the Madrid LGTBI collective (COGAM), who has defended that this poster "is a new example of the hate project that Vox has for Spain."

"It symbolizes the discrimination that this party wants to implement," highlighted De la Cruz, who warns that Vox wants to "isolate, discriminate and expel" the LGTBI collective from society.

Given this action by Santiago Abascal's party, Sangil has called on the public to demonstrate in the state LGTBI Pride march, which will be held on July 1 in Madrid. "We are going to be making ourselves visible, facing the front, without fear, because we have conquered rights and we are going to defend them", has claimed the president of the FELGTBI, who has also assured that the group "will not take a step back" and " will go to vote with great pride".