More Madrid on Monday accused Vox councilor Ignacio Ansaldo of “racist” and “xenophobic” behavior, demanding his resignation for comments made against the councilor of this group, Carolina Elías, during the Urban Planning Commission, environment and mobility that the town hall celebrated. . “I think this lady is from El Salvador, I don’t know if she has nationality but she lives in Spain and makes money from the Spanish, so she should study a little history,” the mayor said far right.
The episode took place when Ansaldo asked to speak “because of allusions” in the aforementioned commission, although, according to Más Madrid, “at no time was there any allusion” towards him, and he referred disparagingly to Elías. due to her Salvadoran origin, calling into question her legitimacy as an advisor. “Every time this lady speaks in committee or in plenary session, she calls us genocidaires. I think this lady is Salvadoran, I don’t know if she has nationality but she lives in Spain and makes money from the Spaniards, so she should study some history and stop instilling the black legend. ..” the distant-right councilor criticized before. The president of the commission, Jaime González Taboada (of the PP), cut him off and asked him not to make any more personal allusions to nationality and origin of advise.
“This – Más Madrid later declared – is a new example of contempt from the right towards our neighbors of migrant origin and the Latin American community. » “Ansaldo’s remarks denote racism, classism and machismo because of their condescending and offensive tone,” adds Rita Maestre’s group, which regrets that the Vox councilor had “the opportunity to retract and didn’t do it.”
Shortly after, Carolina Elías herself requested the resignation of the Vox advisor. In statements sent by her group, which supported her with its presence, she “proudly defended her nationality” while reproaching the Vox councilor for having “despised” her. “He questioned my legitimacy as an advisor to this city council and accused me of calling them genocidal, which I never did.” “He treated me with contempt like this lady, he told me condescendingly that I should read the story and that I am ungrateful to the Spaniards who pay me my salary as if I did not also pay taxes”, Elias continued.
“These behaviors do not represent the people of Madrid and should have no place in politics, and I have already told you, they are not going to silence me, they are not going to silence us,” emphasized Elías, demanding that Vox forces Ansaldo to resign. .
