The deputy mayor of the Valencia City Council and spokesman for Vox in the city, Juan Manuel Bádenas, stated in an interview on Plaza Radio that "being a Nazi is not a crime. Being a Nazi, I would never be one. But it must be allowed For the right to ideological freedom, everyone can be what they want. It is one thing for someone to say they are a Nazi, and another thing for them to behave like a violent person or a murderer. What is punished is not the thought. The thought don't commit a crime."
Later, in a tweet, he modified his statements to the radio, pointing out that "I can think of few things more repugnant than being a Nazi, and obviously any Nazi approach deserves the greatest moral, social and also criminal reproach. Nazism and conservatism are completely disputed".
As soon as she learned of these statements, PSPV spokesperson Sandra Gómez demanded the immediate dismissal of her partner "for apologizing for Nazism." “It is unfortunate that, with tremendous ignorance, the Vox spokesperson compared being a Nazi to wearing a pink t-shirt. An ignorant person of this caliber cannot remain one more minute representing our city and, for this reason, I demand that Mrs. Catalá immediately dismiss Mr. Badenas,” she added.
The spokesperson for Compromís in the Valencia City Council, Joan Ribó, has also demanded from Catalá that Juanma Badenas "does not spend another day within the municipal government" formed by PP and Vox "out of decency and democratic health" after having indicated that "being a Nazi is not a crime" because "thought does not commit a crime."
"Being a Nazi is something that I would never be, but due to the right to ideological freedom, everyone must be allowed to be what they want. It is one thing for someone to say that they are a Nazi and another thing for them to behave like a violent person." and like a murderer," Badenas said this Thursday in an interview on Plaza Radio when asked about the violence in the demonstrations held in Madrid against the amnesty.
Joan Ribó has assured that these "are totally unpresentable statements." "It is a disdain and a danger for Valencia, for the institutions and for the democracy that the PP is protecting within its government," he added.
Subsequently, in a tweet the councilor expanded on his words defending that the code "ideologies do not commit crimes, behaviors do. The Magna Carta and the Penal Code also say so."
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