María Jesús Montero, on the 'only yes is yes': "The best way to apologize is to correct the error"

• Parliament The PSOE asks to urgently process its reform of the 'only yes is yes' law after making sure that the first debate will pass

• Government Sánchez reiterates his confidence in Montero and rules out a schism: "The rupture of the coalition is not contemplated"

The Minister of Finance and Public Function, María Jesús Montero, has assured today that the best way to apologize to the women affected by the reductions in the sentences of their sexual aggressors, motivated by the Law of Comprehensive Guarantee of Sexual Freedom, known as the Law del

, is "correcting the error".

Speaking to journalists in

party

, Montero has understood that, when it comes to asking the victims for forgiveness, "the best way to apologize is to correct the mistake", which, in his opinion, "is the right thing to do".

For the Minister of Finance, "a law has to guarantee not only what has to do with the formulation or what is published in the BOE" and added that "if some of the things do not work, they must be corrected".

For this reason, he has indicated that to compensate the victims "the best way is to correct what may be producing these sentence reductions at the moment" and he has hoped that there will be "the greatest possible support within the groups of the chamber".

Regarding the negotiations with Podemos on this law, the minister has maintained that it is basic "that

is the axis of the law and that there are no reductions in sentences, and the rest are technical issues."

Coalition "for a while"

Montero has also defended the good state of the pact between the PSOE and Podemos and has assured that "there is a Government for a while."

The minister has maintained that "the coalition government has a very important year ahead to continue developing important impulses and reforms" and added that it has to "continue to show that it is on the side of the majority of the people".

According to the minister, "those who are in a hurry" should know that "the priority is that we are able to continue fighting the pandemic, or the consequences of the war" and she has guaranteed that "they will continue on behalf of the citizens, not an elitist minority how the PP is protecting financial institutions, large capitals and banks" and presenting "a list of policies such as those of the minimum wage, the labor counter-reform, the protection of the elderly, child protection and the Animal Welfare Law".

After affirming that this government "is characterized by dialogue as a way of resolving conflicts", he stressed that it is "necessary for the majority of the people, who will continue working until the end".

Belarra reproaches the PSOE for its "fear"

For her part, the Minister of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda, Ione Belarra, who participated this Saturday in an act of Podemos in Valencia, has stated that they will seek an agreement on the law of

, but has assured that they will protect the consent.

The also secretary general of Podemos has reproached the "brutal attacks" of the right-wing on feminism, the Ministry of Equality and the coalition government, but has assured that they "did not expect" that the PSOE on this issue "would be afraid".

"We did not expect that the PSOE would propose to return to the

of the Pack, and force women to show wounds so that something is judged as sexual assault, to tell the judge if we resist or to explain if we close our legs well. I didn't expect that," he said.

Belarra has argued that "everything that is happening with the 'only yes is yes' law is a perfect summary of everything that has happened in this legislature": After an "outrageous reaction from the right", it is Podemos who "defends the changes", while the PSOE becomes a "conservative force": "He is always afraid", he asserted.

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