The delegate of the Government in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has presided together with the Superior Chief of Police in the Valencian Community, Carlos Gajero, and the Chief General of the Sixth Zone of the Civil Guard, Arturo Prieto, among others, the minute of silence called at the headquarters of the Delegation of the Government in condemnation of the latest machista murders of Benaguasil and in support of the relatives of the victim.
“Today the Government of Spain is showing its rejection and condemnation more unanimously to male violence,” said Bernabé after a minute’s silence while stressing the importance of the denunciation “to be able to combat more effectively the social scourge, this structural violence.” “But also,” he added, “it is necessary for all administrations to work unequivocally and together.” In this sense, he added, “playing with the syntax, the games of words to frivolize such a serious and cruel problem with women only normalizes terrorism against women for the mere fact of being a woman.” “
With the woman murdered in Benaguasil there are 14 victims of gender violence in Spain so far this year, the second in the Valencian Community. Since 2003, 158 women have been murdered by their partners or former partners in the Comunitat and 1,258 in Spain.
The minutes of silence were also held in the subdelegations of Valencia, Alicante and Castellón.