PSOE and United We signed a government agreement that marked the coalition's axes of action. 50 pages with measures to promote, among which are "shielding that only yes is yes", which implies a reform of the Criminal Code to ensure that the victim's consent is key in sexual crimes. The Ministry of Equality , headed by Irene Montero, planned to promote before 8-M a law on sexual freedoms that includes this issue. But from United We can accuse the Ministry of Justice of blocking this reform.

In early February, Irene Montero assured that this law, and the subsequent reform of the Criminal Code would be approved by the Council of Ministers "in weeks." But the dates have passed and there has been no progress. Sources of the negotiation admit without ambiguity that there are "discrepancies by the law of sexual freedom" and refer to that it was a point of the Government agreement. The text has been finalized for days, waiting for Justice to give its approval, according to the sources consulted.

According to Noelia Vera , Secretary of State for Equality, he heard contributions from other ministries before finishing the drafting of the regulations, which he reiterated would be presented "imminently" because "it is a social urgency." But the sources consulted explain that Justice alleges "generalities of procedure, without specifying", so as not to give the green light that the law of sexual freedom passes to the Council of Ministers. The commitment made publicly by Irene Montero to promote this law before 8-M was verbalized in the second Council of Ministers that held the government coalition.

Given this situation, sources from the Executive point out that it is a procedural step that any reform of the Criminal Code goes through the Ministry of Justice and insist on the commitment to a global reform, including this, the reduction of sedition, the imposition of new types to environmental crimes or the repeal of the article that carries jail sentences for pickets. In addition, the Executive's commitment would be to address this reform through a bill, which would imply the preparation of a non-binding report by the State Council and the Fiscal Council , among other agencies, which would delay the criminal reform by months.

After the controversy broke out, Moncloa tried to put out the fire, pointing out in a statement that the Law on Sexual Freedom has a "total consensus in the coalition government. It is an exciting legislative project, which will be ready in due time and will send a clear message of the government's commitment to equality for March 8 ". Of course, does not set approval date, in front of Podemos that wants to have the green light of the Council of Ministers before that date.

The stone in the way is that Equality wants to separate this reform from which the PSOE sector in the Government intends, including Justice. And that generates the discrepancies, as they recognize since the negotiation, and generates tensions.

United We want to protect the sexual consent is done as a priority and regardless of the reduction of the crime of sedition that will address the Executive, being aware that the first would not have problems to raise the majority of 176 deputies needed in Congress, while that the second can be a more complex and slow process. On the other hand, from the PSOE they understand that encompassing, diluting the reduction of sedition within a comprehensive reform - national plan against corruption, shielding the 'only yes is yes' or the repeal of the article that establishes prison sentences for pickets-, Everything as a pack , could facilitate approval.

Immigration policy

This discrepancy adds to that expressed by United We can regarding the immigration policy set forth by the Ministry of Interior . The purples do not share Fernando Grande-Marlaska's acceptance of the Strasbourg ruling that guarantees hot returns, nor the fact that the Ceuta and Melilla fences are reinforced. From United We can described the judgment of the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights as "unpresentable" and that "a person who defends human rights may not like the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights that says that rights can be temporarily suspended humans of people who are fleeing hunger and war. "

Tensions within the coalition come to light precisely when the permanent coordination commission between United Podemos and PSOE and the parliamentary coordination commission between United Podemos and PSOE meet, for the first time, two bodies in which to define the strategy Executive, coordinate the unity of action and, above all, where to resolve the differences between the two political parties.

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