Moncloa supports Montero and tries to defend that he did not question the presumption of innocence when criticizing the sentence of Alves

Although in public they avoid doing their own or reproducing the words of María Jesús Montero about the acquittal of Dani Alves, Moncloa closes ranks with the first vice president trying to defend that At no time did he question the presumption of innocence. “What shame that the presumption of innocence is ahead of young women who denounce the powerful,” Montero said this Sunday in a rally, which caused criticism between judicial associations, parties and even the pronouncement of the CGPJ. Moncloa has chosen to support Montero by ensuring that although the government respects judicial sentences also believes that you can comment on them.

Government sources deny that the vice president was unfortunate with her statements. They maintain that he has not lacked respect for any sentence, He has simply expressed his opinion And they say that it is an interested interpretation that Montero does not respect judicial resolutions. “It is logical and evident to respect the government for justice and the different sentences, but Nor is it antagonistic to comment on them“The spokesman has defended in this regard, Pilar Alegría, this Tuesday after the Council of Ministers.

From the Government they endorse what expressed by the first vice president, however, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has specified that Montero “has clarified his demonstrations” and that we must “prolong more” this debate. Specifically, the PSOE leader of Andalusia published a message on social networks highlighting that The presumption of innocence “should not prevent” that “rejection can be expressed to systematically question women who are victims of aggressions and machismo. “

His executive companions have also used that argument to support it. Joy has assured that Montero You have the right to comment on a sentence that generated “bewilderment” And he added that it is more necessary than ever continuing to call for women and the victims to continue denouncing. “We have to be able to transfer the importance of complaints to change things and end this type of behavior,” said government spokeswoman. “It is important that the victims know that they are not alone. Neither yesterday nor today nor tomorrow,” he said below.

Marlaska has not deepened so much in Montero’s statements. He has focused on ensuring that sexual violence is “a social scourge” for women for being women, so “all authorities” and powers of the State -the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial – They must explain their manifestations and resolutions “very well”.

If not, according to Marlaska, “certain conclusions” are reached and in this issue the “maximum awareness of society” is needed so that women victims of violence “do not feel unprotected” or lose “confidence” in institutions. “These resolutions should be explained very well, especially so that victims do not lose confidence in institutions,” he reiterated.