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New anger in Congress on account of the outbursts and accusations that the parliamentary formations cross and that today a government minister has replied against the first opposition party.

The Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, has accused the PP of "promoting the culture of rape" and has even had to be reprimanded by the president of Congress, Meritxell Batet, who has asked her to "contain expressions" so as not to cloud "coexistence neither inside nor outside the Chamber".

The minister, harassed from all sides by the harmful effects that her Sexual Freedom Guarantee law is causing, has assured that the law protects all victims, those who denounce and those who do not.

In short, one hundred percent of the victims.

And he has listed the multiple advances and rights that the law recognizes for all sexually assaulted women, regardless of the seriousness of the crime, but he forgot to refer to the defect in the norm by which those convicted of sexual violence are seeing their sentences reduced and even some are released.

Montero wanted to differentiate his policy from that carried out by the CCAA governed by the PP.

This is how he has referred to the advertising campaign in Galicia that says "It shouldn't happen, but it does happen", or the one in Madrid that says "Watch your glass, woman when you go out at night" or "who sows winds collects storms".

You blame the victims and hold them responsible for the attacks they suffer.

You promote rape culture that calls into question the credibility of the victims.

At that time, the entire bench of the popular group has exploded in a unanimous protest that the president of Congress has been slow to silence.

Batet has given Montero permission to finish with her response but when she has finished, the minister has not received the applause of the Socialists and has received the scolding of the president of the Chamber who has demanded restraint.

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  • Irene Montero

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