‘We acted late’: Spain’s Sumar party apologises amid sexual assault claims
Leader of coalition Yolanda Díaz defends party but apologises over delay in action over MP Íñigo Errejón
The leader of Spain’s leftwing Sumar alliance, the junior partner in the country’s ruling, socialist-led coalition, has apologised for its delay in dealing with a senior MP whose resignation last week amid allegations of sexual assault has severely damaged the government’s progressive and feminist image.
Yolanda Díaz, who serves as a deputy prime minister and Spain’s labour minister, said she had ordered Íñigo Errejón, Sumar’s parliamentary spokesperson, to stand down as soon as he had acknowledged “sexist and degrading attitudes to women”.
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