Feminists dismantle Íñigo Errejón: “The resignation statement is already typical of an abuser”

Íñigo Errejón He noted in several statements that “feminism makes Spain a better country.” And that “feminism is the most important egalitarian movement of our time,” he indicated. In another message published on March 8, 2022, when Women’s Day is commemorated. Today, those women’s associations that defend, as he said, that “feminism is freedom” in our country are “disappointed.” Clearly sad. In recent hours there has been a lot of talk about Errejón’s hypocrisy in a game of masks that is difficult to justify. The champion in Sumar of a speech that needs men to row on the side of women has been burned in the most profound feminist cause, the fight against sexual harassment and abuseagainst the imposition of man’s hegemony over women just because. One of the defenders of the ‘yes means yes law’ putting consent at the center, that the entire legal reform be focused on the victim’s ‘no’, did not respect that another woman denied him an intimate relationship. He accused neoliberalism and patriarchy of the domination of women over men, when the entire sexist structure that he supported has ended up being thrown upon him. In fact, today Minister Sira Rego, of Children and Izquierda Unida, has finally recognized that in left-wing parties “there are also sexist structures.” Machismo is transversal, he procrastinated as Errejón also did in his day.

The reactions of the associations and women have been a flurry since yesterday Íñigo Errejón revealed that there is a “character and a person” in a letter that already hides, in the words of those associations, the apologies of a potential abuser or harasser. The statement with which Sumar’s spokesperson “presents himself as a victim” tries to justify reprehensible behavior in any citizen, they say.

Angeles Alvarezwho was a deputy for the PSOE from 2011 to 2019, promoter from the socialist ranks of the State Pact against Gender Violence, has written in behavior to matters other than himself to transfer his responsibility. All this is already explained in the Guide for abused women.

Álvarez points out what abusers “found”: “They rationalize the attacks so that it seems that what they do is okay.” Let’s return to Errejón’s letter: “I occupy positions of public representation (…) and of very high visibility and media exposure.” He continues: “The pace and way of life on the political front line (…) has worn out my physical health, my mental health and my affective and emotional structure.”

From the platform to which Álvarez belongs, Alliance against the Erasure of Women, they have sternly pointed out that “she presents herself almost as a victim.”

“For a country free of harassment and machismo, that does not corner or make women live in fear,” Errejón himself published on X (formerly Twitter) on May 26, 2016, wishing “strength” to the journalist Cristina You Will Fail. This same person made public the anonymous testimony that recounted the intimate conduct of the former Podemos member.

Many women today ask that these behaviors be reported – if they are known. The hashtag that is going viral to ask that whoever knew about Errejón’s sexist attacks should not keep quiet is called #NoMásSilencio.