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The socialist councilor Teresa Franco affirms that "the coincidence in the calendar of the sporting event and the demonstration of women has a planned objective: to take away all the prominence to the demand for equal rights and opportunities"

The Municipal Socialist Group considers it unacceptable that on a date as emblematic as March 8, the day on which the feminist struggle to achieve real equality of rights and opportunities for men and women is more intensely visible, the PP makes the traditional match Demonstration with the Women's Race.

Therefore, Councilwoman Teresa Franco requires the government team to cancel the sporting event and celebrate it on another date, as has always happened.

In this regard, he points out that it has been the organizing groups of the 8M who, nationally and even internationally, on the basis that this day is Sunday, have decided to celebrate the demonstration on March 8 in the morning, at the same time as the Race.

"This coincidence of events takes away prominence from the demonstration and also the flap losing its impact and cornering the demands and demands of the feminist struggle," says Franco.

He also says that "we believe it is very likely that the fact that the PP wants to develop both events at the same time has the aim that neither of them has the visibility they deserve, thus folding the government team to the will of the extreme right , to which we know that concepts such as feminist struggle, machismo and gender violence give hives. "

Therefore, he insists that the coincidence in the calendar of the sporting event and the manifestation of women has a planned objective: to take away all the prominence of the feminist struggle, "and we will not allow them to counterprogram."

It would happen to no one to celebrate a race for workers on May 1 at the same time as the demonstration. "There is a torturous intention to silence women, that we are not going to consent, because if there is a clear objective, we are not going to take a step back, "says the councilwoman, who points out that" now more than ever we will be stronger to thwart this drift that wants to take us right and the extreme right. "

Franco also points out that "today's requirement of the PP to change the day of celebration of the race is the first step of our claim, but if it does not follow the logic we will adopt other measures."

Source: PSOE Murcia