The mayor of La Coruña, other PSdeG elected officials and more than 60 women from the socialist movement joined a manifesto in support of Silvia Fraga by, they emphasize, not being able to remain “impassive” after his resignation from the post of Secretary for Equality of … left for Galicia due to differences with the management of the “Tome case” by the leadership of the socialist formation.
In the “Open Manifesto for Feminism in the PSdeG-PSOE”, they defend Fraga’s resignation as “an act of feminist commitment by which we feel deeply represented”underlines his work as “exemplary” and endorses his journey against “information or interpretations which aim to be glossed over and which do not correspond to the truth”.
The signatories, who opened the text to socialist activism to adhere to it, warn that the testimonies against the socialist accusations of sexual harassment, without referring in particular to the Galician case, cause “stupor, shame and inevitable disaffection with the party” and maintain that “There is no room for any action that protects or relativizes sexual harassment and machismo.”
“Out of loyalty to the party and its principles, we of course defend the need to clarify the facts, protect victims and preserve the integrity of institutions. Only firm and consistent performance “This will allow us to maintain the confidence of citizens and demonstrate that there is no room for impunity or any form of violence against women,” they add.
The signatories
With the mayor of La Coruña, the councilors of Betanzos (A Coruña), Rairiz de Veiga (Orense), Guitiriz (Lugo), Meis (Pontevedra), A Pobra de Trives (Orense) and Maceda (Orense). Also the socialist spokespersons of the municipalities of Castrelo de Miño (Orense) and Zas (A Coruña), the deputy mayors of the City Council of Tui (Pontevedra) and Vilamartín de Valdeorras (Orense) and the councilors of A Coruña, Lugo or Pontevedra, among other municipalities.
In addition, the director of the Suelo Empresarial del Atlántico (SEA), Beatriz Sesayo Doce, and the Secretary of Rural Development support the text. of the management itself led by José Ramón Gómez Besteiro, Rosa Arcos Caamaño.
In addition, among the signatories there are exhibitions such as former government sub-delegates in La Coruña María Rivas López and Pilar López Riobóo, the former Secretary of State for Equality in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Laura Seara, the former government subdelegate in Pontevedra Maica Larriba Garcia, or the former provincial delegate of the Department of Labor and Social Affairs María Debén Alfonso.
Former regional deputies like Carmen Cajide Hervés, Carmen Marón Beltrán, Margarita Pérez Herraiz, Marisol Soneira Tajes, Patricia Vilán Lorenzo or Rosa Gómez Limia; former mayors like Elvira Lama Fernández (Xinzo de Limia, Orense), and the former general secretary of Socialist Youth from Galicia María Torres Pose also subscribe to the manifesto.
Last Friday, several mayors and other socialist leaders of the province of Orense issued another statement in which they assured that “which hides, protects, relativizes or slows down investigations “He becomes an accomplice and, as such, he must also assume his responsibilities and leave all his positions.”
This weekend, Socialist Youth asked the regional leadership of the PSdeG to convene an Extraordinary National Committee of the party to demand “all explanations, clearly and transparently” after the outbreak of the “Tome affair”.
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