Podemos accuses PSOE of skipping the coalition pact in the Trans Law and fears that it will add its votes to the PP to "cut it"

Regrets that the PSOE rejects its offer to shield gender self-determination in minors in exchange for accepting other amendments

MADRID, 28 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Podemos has accused the PSOE of not respecting the government pact and not wanting an agreement in the processing in Congress of the Trans Law, which the formation transferred three weeks ago to go together with the presentation of this regulation and that the socialists have rejected this morning.

As sources from the purple party have explained to Europa Press, Podemos fears that the position of his partner opens the possibility that he seeks to add his votes to the PP to "reduce the rights of trans childhoods."

Precisely gender self-determination in minors has been the main reason for the confrontation between the PSOE and the Ministry of Equality. The socialist parliamentary group registered its partial amendments to the law on October 31 with which it intends that minors between 12 and 16 years of age need judicial approval to be able to change their name and sex in the Civil Registry, a requirement that the current text contemplates Only for children between the ages of 12 and 14.

Another of the amendments establishes that, in the event that the change of sex in the registry is to be reversed, judicial approval must be obtained through a voluntary jurisdiction file. Currently, the draft Law contemplates that this reversibility can be requested after six months through the same regulated procedure for the registry change, which does not require judicial authorization in those over 14 years of age.

Podemos, as Minister Irene Montero has advanced, regret that the PSOE has communicated this morning that they reject an agreement with them on their proposals to change the regulations and decide to keep the amendments alive, without modifications, the amendments that cause conflict in the heart of the coalition.

In this way, the purples transferred to the PSOE that in terms of the rights of trans children, the doctrine of the Constitutional Court is clear and that several minors have already been able to change their gender in the DNI. In this regard, they argued before the PSOE that the guarantee court had already established as unconstitutional to exclude minors from the right to decide their free gender identity.

Specifically, the approach was to follow a strategy similar to the Democratic Memory Law, or how work is done on the repeal of the Gag Law, to go to the presentation with a consensus, with a view to ensuring that this final processing phase does not result in a delay of the regulations, something that now causes them concern.

And in this sense, the minority partner of the coalition asked the PSOE to accept several amendments that were relevant to them, both raised by the socialists and by other groups, but not to alter the approach of the law regarding trans children.

Montero explained that this morning the PSOE has shown its refusal to this proposal and reproaches the PSOE for not wanting an agreement, which arouses concern given that the processing of the Trans Law is now at a "difficult" moment.

He has assured, however, that "there are still hours" to try to redirect the situation. "The PSOE has told me that it does not want that agreement, but we have time to try to prevent that from happening," Montero insisted.