translated from Spanish: Patricia Bullrich, on Fernando Iglesias: “It cannot be understood as gender violence”

The president of the PRO, Patricia Bullrich, said that the misogynistic remarks of Deputy Fernando Iglesias toward actress Florencia Peña cannot be interpreted as “gender violence.” In this sense, he argued: “He used irony”, after the strong criticism received.” We must make an interpretative effort to reach the conclusion that it was gender violence,” the former minister remarked in a dialogue with Diario Perfil and in reference to the statements made by Iglesias days ago, which involved Peña from a visit she made in May to the Olivos Residence. in the framework of the meetings that President Alberto Fernández held with representatives of the artistic environment to analyze the situation of the collective of actors affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The controversial opposition deputy referred to that meeting as a “sex scandal” and that generated a wave of rejections from different sectors, even from his own political space. “It seems to me that (Iglesias) used irony,” Bullrich said in the interview, arguing, “He made an irony that Florencia Peña was going to move the knob of the economy.” Finally, she concluded: “For this to be understood as gender violence, it seems to me that it is to put together the cover of the reality of the general problem.”
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