New embarrassing episode of the far right. The spokesperson for the ERC in the Congress of Deputies, Gabriel Rufián, denounced this Thursday during the plenary session that the deputy of Vox, Pedro Fernández Hernández, He shouted at her “take the pill” to Martina Velarde, from Podemos. This happened this morning in the Lower House, where the parliamentarian received the support of all parties, including the People’s Party, after the insult from the far-right party.
It all started when Velarde pointed the finger at the group and criticized them for talking about “Clara Campoamor when she had to go into exile for people ‘like them’ who today occupy the seats are an absolute disgrace“. This is what the Podemos deputy said, while from the Vox bench we could see how they shouted, with mocking laughter, and blurted out: “Ms. Velarde, have you ever taken the pill?
Then the deputy Gabriel Rufián intervened, who was the first to publicly denounce it in Congress. “The representative of Unidas Podemos came up after her speech, here next door and one of these guys -showing the Vox bench- They told him to take the pill. “They are emboldened like never before and if we don’t put our foot down, they will eat us,” he said, drawing loud applause in Parliament.
Many parties left their differences to show their support for the deputy, even those from the Popular Group. Your assistant Maria Jesus Moro He addressed the deputy with these words: “Martina, my support and consideration; and to all women: we will not tolerate this“.
The president of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, also intervened, commenting that in the plenary session there was a “inappropriate behavior by a deputy to a deputy.” He even pointed out to the parliamentarian: “It was Mr. Fernández Hernández who committed the insult.” He therefore called him to order and prevented him from speaking.
