Yolanda Díaz assures that the disagreements that Sumar and the PSOE showed on Tuesday regarding prostitution were agreed in advance and that is why a law such as the one that the Socialists in Congress have tried to implement, is not included in the coalition agreement. to punish pimp “in all its forms”.”. The plenary annulled the consideration of the law, with the sole support of the 122 deputies of the PSOE. The plurinational group voted against after an internal debate lasting several weeks.
In an interview on TVE's Channel 24 Hours, Díaz downplayed disagreements with his governing partner on the issue. “This rule was not included in the coalition agreement and what we did was agreed between the president and me,” she said when asked about the issue, indicating that there was agreement on the “disagreement” on the issue.
Díaz has acknowledged that there are “different positions” within Sumar's own parliamentary group, but emphasized that during a press appearance this morning, deputies with different sensitivities appeared together. Gala Pin, from the Comuns, with “pro-rights” positions, and Engracia Rivera, from Izquierda Unida, traditionally more abolitionist, took part in that press conference.
In tonight's interview, Sumar's general coordinator focused on the statements of that first group. “Prostitution cannot be banned,” he defended. “It's a fact that [la prostitución] It exists and we can say that we want people with a chance at life and a future. The facts have a lot to do with the lack of alternative life. This can be combined with the provision of rights,” he argued below.
Díaz has also criticized the rule that the PSOE brought to the House of Representatives on Tuesday because it contains a “prohibition ban.” “I want a society in which people can live with a high quality of life and demands. This can be combined with giving rights to people who are involved in prostitution,” he emphasized in his argument.
The text debated in Congress this Tuesday was almost identical to the text that the PSOE also carried during the previous parliamentary term. So taking into account the norm, the first step so that it can be processed, the confederal space of Unidas Podemos was divided, but the majority of votes were in favor of studying the text. Only the commons were in the 'no'. Now the entire coalition with Sumar has aligned its position with that of the Catalans to reject the processing of the law.
“Many of the women who practice it find themselves in situations of transphobia, racism, poverty… and their proposal does not address any of these structural issues, it just criminalizes them. They do not propose any solution, any economic, support or labor proposal. If they want to effectively expand and guarantee the rights of women who practice prostitution, they must repeal the Immigration Law and the Gag Law,” Gala Pin, deputy of the commons (integrated into Sumar), defended her position on Tuesday.
Socialist Andrea Fernández responded in her speech to the argument that her proposal could leave women who practice prostitution in more vulnerable situations: “But where do you think those women are now?”