Montero (PSOE) advocates opening "to other groups" outside the UP the search for consensus to change the Law of yes is yes

He assures that the President of the Government "continuously" invites his ministers to "look for solutions, not to make narrative fights"

SEVILLA, 17 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Finance and Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE, María Jesús Montero, has defended this Friday that it is time to "give entry to other political groups" outside of United We Can (UP) to seek a consensus that allows the reform of the Law of comprehensive guarantee of sexual freedom, better known as the Law of 'only yes is yes', after the partners of the coalition government --PSOE and UP-- have spent "three months" without having reached an agreement for it.

This was stated by the Minister of Finance to questions from journalists in a media service in Seville, before giving a lecture entitled 'The challenges of the public university in a new economic model' at the Pablo de Olavide University.

The also deputy general secretary of the PSOE has maintained that "what is important" now "is to solve the unwanted effects that a good law has had that proposes a step forward in terms of prevention, comprehensive care for women, and that adds to all the legislation that whenever there have been governments presided over by the PSOE have been promoted in the country", and that have led to Spain being "at this time one of the most advanced countries in terms of equality", as he added.

María Jesús Montero has defended that "we all have to be capable of promoting a reform" of the "only yes is yes" Law, "because we want to correct what we understand to have occurred, which goes against the spirit of the legislator, and which it has also caused pain and social alarm to women, and we owe it to them", according to the minister, who added that the "main concern" of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, "is directed at society, at women , who may have been concerned about this legislation".

The socialist minister has insisted on defending that, "if we agree politically, that the law must be reformed, that consent must be the core, and sentence reductions cannot be produced, we are facing a technical debate in which the PSOE, after three months of trying to reach a consensus with our government partner, has finally put on the table a proposal that everyone can discuss, debate or amend if they deem it appropriate".

Along these lines, he added that what Pedro Sánchez "invites" is that "anyone who has another proposal puts it on the table so that it can be seen, debated and put forward all the amendments that each one deems appropriate".

"Three months I think is enough time for two political formations, if we can reach an agreement, we have reached an agreement", and "until now it has not been possible", so "other political groups that may have other ideas, that I hope they have, and that perhaps among all of us we are capable of making consensus possible, given that to date, between the two formations --PSOE and Unidas Podemos-- alone it has not been possible", he declared the minister and leader of the PSOE.

Along these lines, María Jesús Montero has encouraged "processing" and the bill that the Socialist Group has registered in Congress, to "receive the amendments" from the different groups, that "each one say what they consider most appropriate" , and has expressed that "hopefully" the reform will come out unanimously, "because we have all agreed that we do not want sentence reductions to be caused, and that consent be at the center", and "both issues are fulfilled by the bill "Socialist, as he has sentenced.

To questions from journalists, the Minister of Finance pointed out that PSOE and Unidas Podemos "always" have been talking, dialoguing, so that "since December there have been constant conversations about how, technically, the situation could not be resolved. desired reduction in sentence while preserving consent as the core of the law", and has defended that the Socialists believe they have hit "with the key to what is the formula to allow it".

"Therefore, we always talk, we are a government that is in permanent dialogue, in search of solutions", the head of the Treasury has abounded to add that the president of the Government "continuously" invites his ministers to "seek solutions, not to make story fights".

María Jesús Montero has concluded that "what you have to do is find solutions", and "when one has been talking for three months, and the nucleus of what the discrepancy raises is immovable and no progress is made on that nucleus, it is very difficult to continue advancing and working in that direction", so "you have to give input to others, and that is where the bill" registered by the PSOE comes from, "so that other groups can contribute" to the reform of the norm of ' only yes is yes', as it has ended.