An authoritative voice from Moncloa recognized in its day that the negative impact of the law of only yes is yes on the electorate was going to be greater than the wear produced by the pardons for the Catalan pro-independence leaders. I believe that time has proven him right, and the latest decision of the Supreme Court, known yesterday, is yet another discredit to the actions of the Ministry of Equality. The plenary session of the Criminal Chamber of the High Court validated the criteria of the provincial hearings to reduce the sentences of sexual offenders when applying the new law.
The performance of the department headed by Irene Montero has been more than debatable, but it would be a mistake to think that the Ministry of Equality should disappear for this reason. traditional, should be removed from a future Council of Ministers because their holders have acted badly. Alberto Núñez Feijóo has already announced that, if he is elected President of the Government, the reduction of six or seven ministries is being considered and he expressly cited the elimination of those of Equality and Consumption.
The president of the Popular Party would do well to meditate on this decision because there is still a long way to go in Spain before there really is gender equality. Can you work just as well to correct it from a general direction as from a ministry? Surely yes, but the message that is transmitted with the abolition of the ministry is that these issues become of superfluous interest in government activity.
The right should also reflect on the fact that it cannot give the left the flag of feminism and that the argument that progressives are the only defenders of women's rights is installed. Núñez Feijóo has the opportunity, if he wins the elections of 23-J, to carry out a different policy from the one exhibited by Irene Montero, but it would be good if she did so by giving her the prominence and importance that this matter has.
