With 50 votes in favor and 1 against, the Senate approved the women’s quota law and access of female artists to musical events. In this way, the initiative achieved a half-sanction and should be treated in the Chamber of Deputies. ” This bill was approached by a group of more than 700 women music from all over the country who organized themselves, who debated among them what was the problem to access their work in the culture industry, “explained Anabel Fernandez-Gasti , who pushed the fight at the parliamentary level. He then added during his exhibition: “When we talk about female artists, we are not only talking about women-led soloists or bands, but also of mixed bands, composed of men and women. In this statistic, only 10% of the artists who are on the stage of our country both public and private; I repeat, it’s 10%. ” Despite the fact that his arguments made most of the present reflect, there was one of the senators who opposed the measure, and who effectively voted against it. Who was it?
Juan Carlos Romero-Norte | Photo: Twitter
It is Juan Carlos Romero, Senator Salta of 68 years that integrates the Peronist party. He occupied that position at provincial level from 1987 to 1995 and then at the national level of 2007-2013 and 2013-2019. He was also Governor of Salta from 1995 to 2007. From these roles, he applied a tax discipline plan, privatized Provincial State enterprises, promoted the reform of the Provincial Constitution in 1998. He was also a candidate for Vice president with Carlos Menem in 2003. In the recent discussion about the legalization of abortion, the senator was initially shown as “undecided”, but then decided to vote against. “After months of analysis by the debate and having listened to various sectors of society for and against, I warn that there is the majority conviction of the Salta that the law on the legalization of abortion does not prosper so I confirm my negative vote” , he said on Twitter.
In the context of the debate on women’s quota, and as can be determined in the document, other Salta senators like Rodolfo Julio Urtubey voted in favor, so Romero was the only one against it.
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Female quota Law
Juan Carlos Romero
