Rewarding a convicted attacker for a story about equality seems surrealBut more surreal was the explanation of the PP of Valencia: He attributes this to the fact that in the Ministry They didn’t look for Carlos Flores Juberías on Facebook. After this Thursday, it was learned that the City Hall of Valencia, governed by PP and Vox, had been recognized as a finalist in some Reward for equality: news from Vox MP Carlos Flores, found guilty of harassment and psychological violence against his ex-partner.
The spokesman for the Valencia City Council, Juan Carlos Caballero, reported this Friday that The presentation of these awards has been suspended and defended that the Councilor for Sports, Equality and Education, Rocío Gil, had not sought out Juberías before calling her to give her an award. According to Caballero, the participants do it anonymously and then “The envelopes are opened and the winners are notified without anyone searching on Facebook or Google.”
After attacking the opposition for, according to him, “hyperventilating”, he maintained that “they understand the sensitivity that causedThat is why the mayor requested a report from the legal services to know how to act.” The rules of the contest had also been criticized by the left, but the Valencian PP assured that they had only “given them continuity.”
These bases they do not establish any type of filter so that people convicted of gender violence cannot participate. In fact, among other things, they establish that “any adult natural person residing in one of the municipalities of the Valencian Community may participate.”
“Those who present themselves do so anonymously and are ultimately known,” insisted the spokesman, saying they understand “the sensitivity and are concerned about the alarm.” However, he attacked the opposition, made up of the Valencian PSOE and Compromís, and added that If they “had changed the basics, they would have been criticized”“We can study the basics so that this does not happen again,” he later clarified.
The “popular” spokesman defended that they “appreciate the literary quality” and that they did not know the identity, but that given the controversy generated by the abusive finalist, “dAt this point, delivery is suspended until there is a report.
