Irene Montero supports the government's actions against Díaz in the Rubiales case: "There are times and procedures"

MADRID, 30 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The acting Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, has supported the Government's action to remove the president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) from his position after the kiss to the footballer Jenni Hermoso and has assured that "the most important thing is the social outcry".

"The government had the obligation to act forcefully and indeed there are times and procedures," Montero explained in an interview on TVE collected by Europa Press when asked about the delay of the Administrative Court of Sports (TAD) in making a decision about the suspension of Rubiales and after the acting second vice president of the Government and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, admitted that the Executive acted "slowly".

In Montero's opinion, the procedures "have to follow their course" and he considers that "beyond what may happen in administrative and also legal terms, because the prosecution is also taking the steps it has to take, the important thing is that reaction social network that clearly tells Jenni Hermoso that she is not alone.

Montero has emphasized the "end of impunity for sexual offenders, which until now, unfortunately, was the usual pattern" and the protection of victims "whether or not they decide to file a complaint", as well as their right to reparation. "How is it repaired that they have prevented you from enjoying something as important in your professional career and in your life as winning a World Cup?", the head of Equality has asked.

Regarding the future of the RFEF's national coaches, Jorge Vilda and Luis de la Fuente, he indicated that "all those who have applauded (Rubiales at the RFEF assembly) are showing that they have not learned anything that Society has already changed in a very profound way and what until now seemed normal and invisible such as non-consensual kisses, forms of sexual violence that are highly normalized, are over, as the players have said".

And he has insisted that what "society is asking for are profound changes and that they really serve to combat machismo in the sports field." "We have to take decisive steps, that is what society demands," she added.

He has also regretted that there is "a minority sector of society, linked to the extreme right, that tries to blame the victim, point her out, tell her that if she denounces it is an exaggeration and if she does not denounce it was not a big deal, if you are pretty that you loved it and if you are ugly it is that no one would ever have wanted to steal a kiss from you".

For Montero, there is always a "macho reaction called rape culture and that seeks to blame the victim and persecute her to avoid talking about what is important, which is that the limit between sexual freedom and sexual violence is consent ".