The resignation of Íñigo Errejón of all his positions and politics arrives in the middle of anonymous complaints of sexual violence made against him on social networks. In fact, Add it took days investigating its spokesperson in Congress in light of the widespread accusations by journalist Cristina Fallarás following a message in which a woman reported having been the victim of a “psychological abuser.”
After Errejón’s resignation, from the ranks of Can have reacted to take a stand in favor of the victims and show concern about the accusations against whom he was one of the co-founders of the formation. Thus, the MEP and former Minister of Equality Irene Montero has called for changing the dynamics of “rape culture.” “In any case of sexual violence, the victims come first,” he claimed.
“Ending impunity and breaking the silence is not easy because until now, too many times, men were protected with power. Changing this Rape culture dynamics “It is the task that feminism sets for all of us, in this case for parties and the media,” Montero wrote on her social network account X (formerly Twitter). Additionally, she thanked Cristina Fallarás for publishing the anonymous complaints .
Along the same lines, the leader of Podemos, Ione Belarrahas highlighted the existence of “safe channels” for reporting so that women who suffer sexual violence can “raise their voices” and “break the silence.” In statements to the program everything is a lie of Cuatro, the deputy has stated that Errejón, Más Madrid and Sumar must give explanations, although he has assured that he wants to be “extremely cautious” on this matter “knowing the history of confrontations between Podemos and Íñigo Errejón.”
“What we have to do is support the victims and the women who take a step forward” by reporting, he added. “Sexual violence is absolutely normalized in our society. The great triumph of feminism since 2018 is that for the first time that silence is beginning to be broken,” said the general secretary of Podemos.
Likewise, other voices from the ‘purple’ formation have also reacted. The former Secretary of State for Equality, Ángela Rodríguez ‘Pam’, has referred in X to the “healthy children of patriarchy” and has denounced that “rape culture is both who rapes and who covers up.” In another message, she reminded women who are thinking about taking steps forward that they are not alone.
Lorena Ruiz-Huerta, former deputy of the Madrid Assembly for Podemos, celebrated Errejón’s resignation with a strong message on social media. “To everyone’s health, with my favorite ice cream, I celebrate this episode of justice, late…but justice, and democratic hygiene. It doesn’t happen to us, the pressure and responsibility don’t make us bad…So much damage done to the common project. Brave are those brave whistleblowers,” he published.
Furthermore, he added a criticism of the silence of some sectors: “Eloquent silences from those who do not usually remain silent even under water. Of those who were already silent, complicitly, in the party and even encouraged more and more. “How many things have to change in the way of doing politics, from the simplest grassroots organization to the parties.”
For her part, Toni Morillas, from Izquierda Unida, who directed the Women’s Institute under Montero’s management in the Ministry of Equality, has also expressed her support for feminism and has advocated because “the sexists fall one after another, wherever they are, whatever their responsibility or their party.” Similarly, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, former MEP of Podemos, shared in X: “Feminism wins battles.”
