The PSOE accuses Feijóo of justifying sexist violence for talking about the "hard divorce" of Flores

The Deputy Secretary General of the PSOE and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, has accused the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, of justifying sexist violence after saying about the former Vox candidate for the Generalitat Valenciana Carlos Flores Juberías, convicted for sexist violence against his ex-wife twenty years ago, who had a “hard divorce”.

Thus, Montero has written on social networks verbatim the words uttered by the 'popular' leader, who has assured that Flores “had a harsh divorce and involved verbal abuse towards his ex-wife”. “Spain does not deserve a president who justifies violence against women,” Montero published in a message on his Twitter profile..

“He had a tough divorce and it led to verbal abuse towards his ex-wife,” says Feijóo about the leader of VOX in the Generalitat Valenciana convicted of gender violence.

Spain does not deserve a president who justifies violence against women.

— María Jesús Montero (@mjmonteroc) June 19, 2023

Also the socialist candidate to occupy a seat in the Congress of Deputies, Adriana Lastra, has indicated that she is “astonished” by Feijóo's words and has shared a tweet in which the insults that Flores launched at his ex-wife and for the who was sentenced. “For Feijóo this is having a” hard divorce “”, the former deputy has criticized, the same message that has also been shared by the PSOE spokesperson and Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría and the president of the Senate, Ander Gil.

For Feijóo, this is having “a tough divorce”.
I'm stunned. https://t.co/IOCW9vdXTF

— Adriana Lastra (@Adrilastra) June 19, 2023

Likewise, the Minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, has asked Feijóo to rectify his words. “It was not a hard divorce, it was a conviction for psychological abuse of a woman. Sexist violence does not admit euphemisms. Rectify, Mr. Feijóo, or the far-right discourse will absorb you completely,” the minister wrote on Twitter.

It was not a “hard divorce”, it was a conviction for psychological abuse of a woman. Sexist violence does not admit euphemisms.

Rectify, Mr. Feijóo, or the far-right discourse will absorb you completely. https://t.co/Oq63IO7cNZ

— Raquel Sánchez (@raquelsjimenez) June 19, 2023

Feijóo highlighted this Monday in an interview on Cadena Ser that the PP made it clear that they could not sign an agreement with the Vox candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat, Carlos Flores, “someone who has been convicted of verbal violence” for “20 years “. As he added, his party defended changing the interlocutor in these negotiations and that “it is not part of the Parliament of the Valencian Community”.

“20 years ago, it's true. He is a professor of Constitutional Law, it is true. He has served his sentence, it's true. It has been produced 20 years ago, it is true. He had a tough divorce and he was verbally abusive towards his ex-wife,” he said.