We can see “with great concern and sadness” that Díaz can do without them
BARCELONA, 23 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, lamented this Sunday that the reform of the ‘only yes is yes’ Law shows that conservatism can dominate the socialists: “There are certain reactionary sectors in our country who know that by touching the right keys they can twist the arm of the PSOE”.
In an interview with the newspaper ‘Ara’ collected by Europa Press, he said verbatim that this week has been the most difficult he has experienced in Congress for this law, whose reform with the support of the PP “shows that it is a victory for the sectors reactionaries”.
He has defended that Podemos can indeed reach agreements with the PSOE when they act from the left, and for this reason he has also defended “talking about the plurinational, progressive and feminist majority” and including the PSOE, ERC and EH Bildu in that, now that he sees a international reactionary offensive.
Montero has said that he has not spoken with the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, after the tension this week over the reform and that he is not considering resigning despite being in a minority before this reform: “Women’s rights are not agreed with the PP”.
As for Podemos and the Sumar platform led by Vice President Yolanda Díaz, he has verified that both forces have “different ways of being in politics.”
When asked if she would help Díaz become the first female president of Spain, she replied that the vice president “has to decide if she wants to be the Podemos candidate.”
“We have lived with a lot of concern and sadness that he has raised that Sumar can make his way without Podemos,” he said, adding that they will work so that he can be the candidate of Podemos.
But he has not answered if they will stand separately in the general elections if there is no coalition agreement: “It is in the hands of Yolanda Díaz to reach a coalition agreement and that there be primaries to make the list.”
Podemos proposes that “the agreement go through open primaries and not be an office pact.”
Instead, he is concerned to see that Díaz “distances from this political will to agree, raising serious doubts” and proposing that Sumar can do without Podemos.
Regarding the Clarity Agreement proposed by the Generalitat, he said that “it is a proposal that the Comuns made long before and that was rejected”, so they did not have a majority to do so, and he believes that Aragonès does not have that majority now either.
“I find it reasonable that this approach could be made, but even the pro-independence groups reject it,” he stated, although he has defended Catalonia’s right to decide.
