The words of Fernando Iglesias to refer to the entry of Florencia Peña to the Quinta de Olivos last year, during the most restrictive stage of the quarantine, once again generated laughter in Juntos por el Cambio a few hours after the “political code of coexistence” was published.
The first to speak out against the opinions of Iglesias, whom the ruling party seeks to rebuke, was Cristian Ritondo, head of the PRO bloc in the Chamber of Deputies: “I do not agree with any statement of that nature, anything that has to do with the attack on a woman because of sex or gender I do not agree,” he said. The statements of the deputy elected in 2017 and who this year seeks to renew his seat on the list of María Eugenia Vidal provoked the anger of Florencia Peña, who asked to “end these things”.
But she’s on her knees doesn’t she? — WW (@WolffWaldo)
July 28, 2021
Ritondo, meanwhile, added in statements to Futurock that “it is not funny and we must respect women.” Silvia Lospennato, a feminist reference of the space formed by Mauricio Macri, also joined in this direction: “What Fernando Iglesias tweeted is terrible. We must ask for convincing explanations about the activity of non-essentials in Olivos, especially late at night, but of everyone, men and women and do so without insinuations or prejudices,” he said via Twitter.
Celebrating a birthday when you forbid it to the rest of the citizens is a lack of ethics enough to hold them accountable. Since I don’t have a double standard, I can criticize a colleague in my political space without ifs and buts. Hopefully one day everyone will have that freedom and consistency. – Silvia Lospennato (@slospennato)
August 3, 2021
While waiting for the opinion of other leaders of Juntos por el Cambio in the face of a fact that expressed the misogyny of Iglesias, the internal differences of the coalition that seeks to equalize the result obtained in the midterm elections of 2017 are once again evident.
