The National Executive Committee of the Colorado Party (CEN) met this Monday morning and issued a statement claiming “respect for the feminist cause”, regarding the general strike of March 8, naming itself as the party with the “longest feminist tradition” in the country.
The PIT-CNT announced a general strike on March 8 to accompany working women on International Women’s Day, which included a mobilization against the Urgent Consideration Law (LUC). Subsequently, the president of the National Party, Pablo Iturralde, announced the launch of a campaign for the No on that same day.
The Colorado Party “rightfully represents the longest feminist tradition in the country,” mentions the statement based on historical initiatives such as maternity leave, created in 1906, and the consecration in Criminal Law of the crime of domestic violence, in 2002.
According to the statement, the “plurality” of 8M is trying to misrepresent “with corporate expressions or partial political proposals, which only degrade the claim.”
The executive secretariat of the PIT-CNT will analyze this Tuesday to review the decision to carry out the strike that day, after complaints from different unions, as reported by the vice president of the PIT-CNT, Joselo López, to The Observer. Despite what is decided, the Commission for Yes has already declared that it will not carry out activities that day.
