In full controversy over the reform of the Law of only yes is yesand with 327 rapists benefited, Pedro Sánchez has boasted this Tuesday of the “feminist commitment” of his government. The socialist president has spoken for the first time after knowing the intention of his party to reform the law in the Congress of Deputies and after the former vice president Carmen Calvo confessed that the Executive was aware of the risk of release.
“I think that our feminist commitment or in defense of women’s rights and freedoms cannot be discussed,” Sánchez emphasized. The PSOE leader has even resorted to raising the minimum wage or revaluing pensions to show that his government “benefits women.”
Despite the fact that the Executive had been warned of the legal risks of the law, Sánchez has presented the reductions and releases as an “unintended consequence” and has insisted that these benefits occur “in some cases”, despite the large number of reviews. The Chief Executive has even framed the decisions of the judges as a “technical issue that does not reflect the will of the Executive.”
“And we are going to correct these unwanted effects, because I am convinced that if there is one thing that unites all the deputies and senators, it is that nobody wants to ease the punishment of sexual offenders,” he insisted.
