Podemos accuses the PSOE of not "caring for the coalition" for agreeing with the PP on the reform of the 'only yes is yes'

The Minister of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda and Secretary General of Podemos, Ione Belarra, accused the PSOE this Friday of not taking care of the coalition government for having pushed forward yesterday in the Congress of Deputies with the votes of the PP its proposal to reform the criminal section of the so-called law of only yes is yes'.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
21 April 2023 Friday 05:26
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Podemos accuses the PSOE of not "caring for the coalition" for agreeing with the PP on the reform of the 'only yes is yes'

The Minister of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda and Secretary General of Podemos, Ione Belarra, accused the PSOE this Friday of not taking care of the coalition government for having pushed forward yesterday in the Congress of Deputies with the votes of the PP its proposal to reform the criminal section of the so-called law of only yes is yes'

Asked about this parliamentary event upon her arrival at the state meeting of the European Network for the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion, which is being held in Toledo, Belarra said that the coincidence of PSOE and PP in yesterday's vote was "a sad image ".

And he added, reiterating the version that Podemos has been giving: "From our point of view, the coalition must be taken care of, and I think that the one who is not taking care of the coalition is those who agree to a setback in women's rights with the Popular Party, which is the party that has systematically opposed all feminist advances in the history of our country".

"We, humbly, are trying to take care of that patrimony that is the coalition, also take care of the mandate that the citizens gave us at the polls, and I think that the one who is doing damage precisely to the coalition is the one who has agreed to a setback with the Popular Party in women's rights, the first in the history of our country".

Belarra was also asked about the fact that the second vice president of the Government and leader of Unidas Podemos, Yolanda Díaz, was present at the debate and vote yesterday, unlike in the debate to take the proposal into consideration. socialist. "I think it is reasonable, and we thank you, of course," he replied, admitting that he did not understand "the question very well" and reiterating that "the fundamental thing yesterday is that there was a setback in women's rights that, without Without a doubt, it is one of the most important setbacks that the legislature has experienced".