The Vox member and former PP deputy for Lanzarote, Sigfrid Soria, has this Friday filed a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office against the general secretary of the PSOE in Lanzarote, Loli Corujo, for saying that "Vox represents the flag of hatred, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia."
According to Soria, these statements were made by Corujo in a media outlet on the island and in his "humble opinion" constitute a hate crime against him. "And they seriously attack my image and honor, to the extent that these statements, although they refer to Vox, extend to me by virtue of being a member of that political party," Soria adds.
"I propose that the hate crime be analyzed to the extent that Mrs. Corujo, when she affirms that Vox 'places women in a tremendously delicate situation' and that 'Vox represents the flag of hatred, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia', transfers all those concepts to me as a Vox member," says Sigrid Soria in a letter, in which she states that "it is a notification to the Prosecutor's Office and not a criminal complaint", although in it she appeals "to the exception to the general rule that crimes are prosecutable ex officio without the prior need for a complaint from the victim."
"I am a son, brother, husband, father, friend and acquaintance of women, men, gays, lesbians and immigrants, and I flatly refuse to hate anyone for any of the conditions enumerated or imputed by Mrs. Corujo to Vox and by extension to me," says Sigfrid Soria.
Accuses her of encouraging "anti-democratic and criminal" attitudes
In his letter, Soria also requests that it be taken into consideration that Corujo "makes these statements in a media outlet with Internet dissemination and that this lady holds relevant public positions, as well as an organic position in a political party, the PSOE, which encourages democratic and criminal attitudes against Vox and its members such as harassing a Parliament."
"Attitudes that contribute and have already led to the very serious use of violence against Vox's assets and against the physical integrity of its members," adds Sigfrid Soria, who starred in a resounding controversy in 2013, which led the PP to remove him from his organic responsibilities in the party, after he threatened on Twitter to give "a slap" to the "perroflauta" who made a escrache to him, in relation to the actions that the anti-eviction movements then carried out at the doors of the houses of PP politicians and party headquarters.
Likewise, Sigfrid Soria requests that "the violation, by Mrs. Corujo, of article 211 of the Penal Code be analyzed." "And that the insults and slander poured against me and against all Vox members in Spain be grounds for a proposal to open the appropriate judicial proceedings," Soria points out, who asks the Prosecutor's Office to "admit" his letter and proceed "to carry out the necessary investigation procedures to verify the facts, filing a complaint in case the commission of one or more crimes arises from said investigation."
Sigfrid Soria has gone to the Arrecife Courts accompanied by the president of Vox for the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alejandro Gómez, by the party's coordinator in Lanzarote, Fernando Bermejo, and by the island secretary, Jaime Canomanuel, but has insisted that it is a complaint "in a personal capacity."
