The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) reported to the Public Prosecutor’s Office the messages on social networks of the substitute law professor, for which students and professors called for protests due to his “homophobic, sexist and far-right” opinions “, to determine whether they constitute an offense and that, in the opinion of the university, they are “clearly incompatible with the principles and values of the Basque public university.” For the moment, the university has decided to remove this professor from teaching until the procedure opened by the UPV/EHU within the framework of the University Protocol against Gender Violence is completed.
The same professor, upon hearing the news, declared on his social networks that he would not read the said protocol and that he felt “calm and safe”. “The UPV Equality team just told me that it’s my fault and not the victim… Well, let them eat that with their bread! I have nothing to do but read a protocol now. “Well, it’s great that the UPV sent my tweets to the prosecutor’s office so they can investigate if it is a crime. Let me breathe easy, if the prosecution does not see any sin or crime in the crime of abortion, which amounts to shooting a person already born, I am very sure that they will not declare that I am criminally responsible for a few messages It was nothing. denouncing this carnage of abortion which is the greatest contempt for human life in all known history. This crime of abortion is the most serious thing that has happened with drug trafficking and terrorism. Now I not only feel Spanish, I also feel safe. Legality is not synonymous with morality,” he wrote on his Instagram account.
From the Equality Commission of the Faculty of Law, they argue that “public comments that are sexist, homophobic and misogynistic, in addition to others that are xenophobic, racist and promote the culture of violence and hatred, are contrary, among others, to the values of non-discrimination, equality of men and women and respect for human rights which are the basis of international law (for example, Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union European Union and Articles 8 and 10 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) as well as the social and democratic rule of law recognized in the Spanish Constitution and in the legislation that develops it (for example, Organic Law 3/2007 , of March 22, for the effective equality of women and men, and Legislative Decree 1/2023, of March 16, which approves the consolidated text of the law for the equality of women and men and a life without violence sexist towards women, in the Basque Autonomous Community). “To the extent that this legislation is incorporated into the regulations of the UPV/EHU, such comments and statements are also contrary to the regulations of our university, among others, its statutes (article 4.3) and the IV Equality Plan of women recently approved. and men (2024/2028)”, they report from the Commission.
In a press release published this Wednesday, the university explains that the Directorate of Equality has published a resolution opening the procedure provided for in the University Protocol against gender violence. As a precautionary measure, the professor has been removed from teaching until the end of the procedure, which will be carried out as soon as possible. Furthermore, as confirmed by the academic institution, the University of the Basque Country sent a letter to the Public Prosecutor’s Office this Wednesday in case the messages posted on social networks constitute an offense.
In statements to Radio Euskadi, reported by Europa Press, the general secretary of the UPV/EHU, Aitor Zubimendi, said that a meeting took place today with the professor, during which he was informed of the decision made. “We have informed you that these messages that you have published on social networks and those that you have continued to publish these days constitute attacks based on gender and sexual orientation and the University of the Basque Country has a protocol against gender violence, in which these behaviors are included. The adoption of precautionary measures is authorized and this precautionary measure consisted of withdrawing him from teaching,” he ruled.
The events occurred last Friday, when students, after alerting the university that a substitute professor was sending sexist, racist and xenophobic messages on their social networks and had received no response, decided to demonstrate during class of this professor, who had to leave escorted. by security personnel. “Women who support abortion, who exclude the father and despise life, daughters of whores. Have you already scrubbed like I ordered you to the other day? If you see a stain on a plate or a glass, you will see what is good. Convict the crime and give birth, bitches. Long live Spain, pigs” are some of the comments that a substitute professor from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) made on his social networks and which sparked criticism from students.
