Madrid.- The Minister of Finance and Public Function, María Jesús Montero, has been “optimistic” about the possibility of reaching an agreement with United We Can to reform the law of only if it is yes, although she does not rule out undertaking a unilateral modification if the debate “does not come to fruition”.
“I think that we are going to reach that agreement, but if the technical issues do not come to fruition in the will of both parties, it is clear that the law will definitely have to be reformed,” Montero has sentenced, who points out that the discussion between PSOE and Unidas Podemos focuses on “technical adjustments”
The minister has defended that “it is a good law, a conquest of feminism and women”, but has regretted that the reductions in some sentences for aggressors caused by its application have “reopened old wounds” to the victims.
Preserve consent
For this reason, Montero sees it necessary to correct the rule to “avoid lowering sentences,” but always with an eye toward “preserving the core of this law, consent,” a requirement that, according to the minister, is in all the proposals that the PSOE has sent to United We Can.
Thus, the head of the Treasury has highlighted the importance of “no woman being interpreted in her silence as consenting to relationships that are not to her liking” due to “her fear and panic.”
Montero explained that the government partners are “working” in the direction of the agreement, so he prefers to be “discreet” when making statements because “all technical issues have different versions.”
The leader of Podemos and Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra, who this Thursday insisted on demanding the PSOE to “resist the pressures” of the PP, which is “attacking The consent”.
Belarra is confident that her government partners will not adopt a “unilateral” decision on this issue and recalled that the Ministry of Equality has put up to five proposals on the table to reform the law and reach an agreement that restores the consensus that existed around to consent.