María Dolores Corujo has accused this Tuesday the Popular Party of the Canary Islands of acting with “submission to Vox” and of incurring in a “denialist drift” after jointly approving a Non-Law Proposition (PNL) in the Mixed Commission of Insularity that eliminates all reference to gender violence.
The spokesperson for the socialists in the Cortes Generales, has framed this position in the debate of an initiative favorable to reinforcing the resources of the State Security Forces and Corps in specific areas such as the fight against gender violence or cybercrime. In this context, she has regretted that the agreement between populars and the far-right formation means “emptying of content” public policies that, in her opinion, require the maximum institutional consensus.
The socialist leader has pointed out that this decision places the PP in a position of “complicity” with discourses that, as she has warned, “go against the social majority” and contribute to feeding “regressive policies”. “Whoever denies gender violence becomes an accomplice to it”, she has stated.
Likewise, Corujo has warned of the “intolerable advance of discourses that whitewash and justify violence against women”, while also highlighting the responsibility of public representatives. In particular, she has pointed to the deputies of the Partido Popular in Canarias, recalling that the Archipiélago is among the autonomous communities where more alerts for sexist violence are registered.
“We speak of a collective commitment, of a fight against a scourge that demands responsibility and political stature,” he/she has defended. In this sense, he/she has insisted that the institutional response against gender violence cannot be weakened by agreements that, in his/her opinion, represent a setback in rights and in the protection of victims.
The socialist spokesperson has reiterated that combating gender violence requires not only sufficient resources, but also a clear stance from all political forces. “One cannot advance in the protection of women if the very existence of the problem is questioned,” she concluded.
