Vox has vetoed the approval of an institutional statement in the Senate against racism that the Confederal Left group wanted to promote in support of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement promoted after the death of African American George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer ( USA).
Before the matter is studied at the Board of Spokespersons tomorrow Tuesday, Vox has been quick to announce that it will not endorse the document because, in his opinion, it intends to “distract the Spanish” and because “given the situation that Spain is going through” the Upper House “should focus on national problems” how to determine coronavirus deaths or “save the country from economic collapse.”
Vox’s veto prevents the declaration from going forward
The veto of Vox, whose three senators are integrated into the Mixed group, prevents the declaration from going forward, since the unanimity of all parties is essential requirement for approval, although recently the Senate groups have opened a debate on the possibility of reviewing this procedure.
By justifying its refusal, the formation headed by Santiago Abascal accuses the left of constructing a story “through an image that is not real: institutional racism in Spain” and he reproaches him for being “at the service of globalism” by supporting “the same movement that the big multinationals support.”
He also takes the opportunity to denounce that in the anti-racist demonstrations yesterday Sunday in Madrid and Barcelona “the sanitary distancing measures were not kept “ which ensures that they were met in the concentrations against the Government called by Vox on May 23.
“High episode of violence”
The draft declaration that Izquierda Confederal -whose spokesperson on duty is the senator of Més per Mallorca Viçenc Vidal- has delivered to the other spokespersons, intends that the Senate endorse the requests of the anti-racist movement “to end racism in the United States by now length and breadth of the planet “. It also urges all institutions “to work for peace, equality and intercultural coexistence, in short, to work for the fulfillment of Human Rights “.
The text recalls the “unfortunate episodes of racism” experienced in the US, its policies of “racial segregation” and the movement for equality led by Martin Luther King, assassinated in Memphis in 1968.
“Despite advances in equality, racism continues to mark the current history of the United States and recently we have had to regret a new case of police violence against black people,” the statement continues, referring to George Floyd. It is “one more episode of the high levels of violence and discrimination suffered by Afro-American citizens and the rest of ethnic groups that make up American society. “
Likewise, the proposed declaration affirms that the Senate lives with “concern” this “violence against the black and migrant population” and emphasizes that the “Black Lives Matter” movement has launched thousands of protesters in 140 cities around the world to call for an end to racism, supported by politicians of different ideologies.
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