International Women’s Day, which is commemorated on March 8, is involved, like every year, in a new controversy that pits the PP-A and the PSOE-A against each other. On this occasion it was the slogan chosen by the socialists, ‘Moreno Bonilla, I don’t believe you’, which has sparked indignation among the popular ones by referring, as some members of the party have pointed out, to the slogan of support with which Society supported and showed its solidarity to the victim of the Manada (‘Sister, I do believe you), a group rape against a young woman that took place in the 2016 Sanfermines.
“That way of doing politics is disgusting, if there is any decency left in the organization, remove it,” the PP has demanded of the Andalusian PSOE, since the general secretary of socialism in the autonomous community, Juan Espadas, defended his campaign by criticizing that The regional Executive is “scandalized by something quite easy to understand, such as a campaign in which it is said, from the opposition, that we no longer believe lies regarding equality.”
Between the exchange of accusations and reproaches between sides, the Andalusian Government presented a series of activities and events to commemorate this anniversary after the phrase ‘Women for the Flag’, an initiative to raise awareness and social awareness that recognizes the work and effort made by all Andalusian women, as detailed in a press release.
The debate on the suitability of the socialists’ slogan for this 8-M has moved to social networks where the visible heads of the parties launch their criticisms and their defense arguments under the watchful eye of citizens. “When on an issue as vital as equality, women are used as a political weapon in such a crude and degrading way, the PSOE once again takes a leap back in a common struggle. Lack of height of vision, plenty of desperation. Women are not anyone’s property. WOMEN ARE FREE,” commented Loles López, Councilor for Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality of the Board on the social network X, former Twitter.
This, along with other comments from members of the PP, such as the one shared on the same platform by Antonio Sanz, Counselor of the Presidency, where he calls the socialist proposal an “unacceptable campaign” by appropriating a slogan “known throughout the world against the sexual abuse” to attack President Juanma Moreno, has achieved applause from a portion of netizens, many of whom criticize that the PSOE champions the feminist struggle when some of its leaders have been accused of using public money in brothels, although others criticize the economic “cuts” aimed at equality in the region.
Espadas, for his part, defends his team and its motto. “This is crazy! Those who have made the insult to the socialists a category and a common practice of their way of doing politics, are now scandalized by something quite easy to understand, which is a campaign in which it is said, from the opposition to the Government, that we do not We believe more lies about equality,” he assured. From his profile, the general secretary of the party insists that the PP-A, with Moreno as Chief in the San Telmo Palace, maintains the domestic violence telephone line, whitewashing sexist violence. , withdraws subsidies from women’s associations, but does give them to those that harass and question women’s rights regarding abortion; and suppresses gender impact reports in budgets and in audits of the Chamber of Accounts, and it devalues ??equality plans in the administration or in the demands made on companies. “What should seem like a shame to you is this and not that we tell you clearly,” he concludes.
Her arguments have also provoked a reaction from online users in both directions: those who support her campaign and also denounce this “lack of support” for women, and those who consider the use of this slogan in such a campaign to be shameless. characteristics.
At the moment, neither one nor the other seems willing to agree on an issue of such importance as equality and the policies that promote achieving it, just as it seems that neither of the two parties with the most parliamentary representation in the region has any intention of change its position regarding the campaigns and initiatives with which International Women’s Day will be commemorated in 2024.
