The socialist senator for Lanzarote and Fourth Secretary of the Senate, Manuel Fajardo Palarea, was this Thursday on the program Buenos días, Lanzarote of Radio Lanzarote-Onda Cero to answer some questions, including the use of the kufiya (Palestinian scarf) during the celebration of the Senate plenary session this Wednesday.
In this sense, Fajardo said that no one forced him to take it off, but "there were glances" from some present. "I know that many of the senators of the PP do not agree with what is happening in Palestine because it would be inhuman to overlook not only the words, but also the images that we are normalizing and we cannot normalize these war crimes," he said.
"I have to admit that I was waiting for them but no one 'dared' to ask me to remove it," he continued. Previously, no other member of the Senate had dared to put on the garment, only to place it on the armchairs. "There are many colleagues from my party and others who have congratulated me for doing so," he pointed out.
Regarding the decision to wear the kufiya, the senator said that on Tuesday he decided to use it during the Senate plenary session because "there is no rule in the Senate oath that prohibits the use of an article of clothing".
Fajardo explained that "the kufiya symbolizes the resistance of the Palestinian people but it is still an article of clothing".
Regarding the genocide that Israel is carrying out against Palestine, the senator remarked that "it is very petty to link a defense of human rights with a defense of Hamas, we do not defend the terrorist group".
