Irene Montero: "I am willing to give in, reform the law of yes is yes and increase the penalties"

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The Minister for Equality,

has assured in an act of United We Can in Murcia that she is "willing to give in, reform the law of only yes is yes and raise some of the penalties."

Her only condition is that "the model is not changed" and "consent" remains the center of the norm and not "intimidation or violence."

"Consent is here to stay", she has affirmed emphatically.

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a "minority" in his opinion, of "badly applying" a "good" law that "responds to the cry of the feminist movement."

And she has assured that she is determined to defend the virtues of the rule "in the face of fierce resistance" that opposes it.

However, the minister has insisted that she still does not have an agreement with the PSOE regarding the changes that must be introduced in the norm.

On the contrary, she has said: "We have a strong discrepancy".

"The law is well done because

of Juan Carlos Campo, but I take charge of the social concern that the decision of some judges to reduce sentences has aroused. For this reason, I am willing to give in, to reform the law and increase some penalties", Montero explained before a dedicated audience that chanted "yes we can", "only yes is yes" and in which voices have been raised against the judges, calling them "fascists".

Montero has expressed himself in these terms while the

between the two partners of the coalition government remain open to find the formula that will allow in the future to avoid the pernicious effects that the law has caused so far: 400 sentence reductions for sexual offenders .

The President of the Government has finally ordered the correction of the law and the PSOE has warned that it will be carried out with or without the agreement of the Ministry of Equality and, therefore, of its junior partner, United We Can.

The Socialists have given themselves until Tuesday to try to reach an agreement with the purples, but if they fail to do so, they will register an initiative alone that seeks to expand the range of types of penalties depending on whether or not there is violence or intimidation against thus being able to raise the minimum sentences and avoid new sentence reductions in the future.

The PSOE insists that this model would not affect the central principle of consent.

Irene Montero has so far rejected this argument, insisting that it will imply the need for the victim to prove that she resisted.

The minister has directly blamed the PP for encouraging this initiative and has dedicated a last message to the leader of the popular: "Mr. Feijóo, only yes is yes."

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