The BNG to Rueda about the indication to the complainant of his former Consselleiro: « It is institutional violence » | Spain
Among the silences that Alfonso Rueda maintains since Sexual aggression research exploited in his government against a CONSELLEIRO Trust, one has resume especially this Wednesday in the Galician Parliament. During the control session, both the BNG leader and that of the PSDEG-PSOE directly accused the Xunta of filtering the name of the woman who in January denounced Alfonso Villares with the intention of pointing it out and endorsed the pressure. Ana Pontón has crossed out the behavior of the « institutional violence » and José Ramón Gómez Besteiro has warned him that this revelation could be a crime. Rueda, who has lavished in statements to support the investigated but so far has not dedicated any to the complainant, has responded by ignoring these serious accusations in all his interventions.
In contrast to the long faces of the members of his government, Rueda He has defended himself from Villares case With smiles, ironies and allusions to » KOLDOSthe Jessicasthe ALDAMAS and the Cerdanes« Pontón has come to reproach him to laugh while she accused him of » questioning the victim’s veracity in the purest denialist style of the extreme right. «
The president of the Xunta has asked the opposition « respect for justice, the separation of powers, to the presumption of innocence and yourself. » « You are the president of the Court. In your reveries, you are always president, » he told Pontón, who has urged « being otherwise if he intends to be credible. » The leader of the Galician PP has accused the head of the opposition of making a « shameless partisan use » of the alleged sexual assault of Villares and has asserted that it is she who demonstrates « lack of respect for victims of sexist violence. »
Pontón has repudiated the “devastating message” that is sending wheel from his public office to women who suffer from sexual violence. He has affected that he has not dedicated « a single word to the victim and, yes, hugs and praise to the denounced for sexual assault using public institutions. » The name of the television presenter Paloma Lago was published by several media shortly after the case by citing sources from the Minister’s environment. The BNG accuses the Xunta of performing that filtration To put her in the media focus and endorse the pressure for being much better than the politician. « Gender violence is not a private problem, but a political problem of first magnitude, » said the nationalist.
Besteiro believes that Rueda « is not up to the position » for « a blind follow -up of a friend goes where to go » and hide the complaint for four months. The socialist has warned the president of the Xunta that the issue is not the presumption of innocence of Villares « but his attitude. » « Filtering the name of the complainant can be a crime, » said the leader of the PSDEG, for whom the behavior of the Galician government in this case « contributes to the revictimization » of the woman who was allegedly attacked.
The popular has defended Villares four months for four months CONSELLEIRO despite having received such a serious complaint. He has done it by recovering the judicial investigation of which the socialist leader was subject a decade and from which he was ex –. He remained general secretary of the PSDEG for eight months despite being charged with several crimes. « When they impute me, I was no longer held by a public office, » Besteiro said in reference to his post was in the party and was no longer president of the Diputación de Lugo.
Rueda pointed to the past of the socialist reproaching his lack of memory. Behind the president of the Xunta, he listened to him while nodding Paula Prado, the current general secretary of the Galician PP. In 2014 He kept his seat in Parliament Autonomic being charged with fraud and influence peddling. It also ended up exculpated.
