Loles López (PP), Minister of Equality of the Junta de Andalucíahas urged the Government of Pedro Sánchez to apologize to the “injured” women for the “serious consequences” of the Montero Lawwhich has already allowed 277 rapists y sex offenders benefit from the aforementioned regulations.
López has pointed out that “although late, it seems that the Minister of Equality, Mrs. Montero, and the Government they have come to their senses bound by the effects of a botched lawafter having shown great insensitivity with dozens of women who have had to see how sentences were reduced and, in some cases, their aggressors were left on the street ».
“We already warned that it was a law guided by ideology and that, precisely, is what must be separated from the fight against gender violencewhich is a collective challenge and which requires the unity of the entire society”, added the head of Social Inclusion.
The Government, as it has advanced OK DAILYworks on the reform of the law of the ‘only yes is yes’ after more than 270 convicted of sexual crimes have benefited from the new framework of penalties included in the law. The Executive is open to the possibility of resolving “the undesired effects” caused by the reduction of penalties of the law before the “social concern” that has lifted the review of sentences for sexual offenders.
Sources of We can They have explained that “the Government has not stopped looking for formulas” so that the law is applied correctly, sharing “the social concern for the decisions of those judges who are deciding to reduce sentences.” “We are still working on it,” say the same Podemos sources, who stress that “to date there is no agreement on a valid solution.”
The initiative to reform the law is promoted by the Ministry of Equality of Irene Monterowhich works in coordination with the Ministry of Labor, led by Yolanda Díaz.
