Errejón II case: Full-blown patriarchal and institutional machismo

There was a first and embarrassing judicial instance in the harassment case against Errejón. The complainant Elisa Mouliaá suffered a rude interrogation in which she was re-victimized. There is indignation in broad social sectors. Justice is a nest of patriarchal machismo.

Errejón pointed out and accused

In October 2024 A complaint against Iñigo Errejón came to light through a publication in which Cristina Fallarás accused him of harassment. Then Elisa Mouliaá formalized the complaint before the Family and Women's Care Unit for sexual harassment and assault (for an event that occurred in 2021). Although we never expect much from justice, the reality, once again, surpassed fiction because the judicial apparatus showed again one of the most rotten faces of patriarchal machismo enquistado in bourgeois institutions.
With the beginning of the year, The trial against Iñigo Errejón also began. First Judge Alfredo Carretero (Court of Instruction Number 47 from Madrid) He took a statement to the denounced and a few days later to Mouliaá. Meanwhile, Errejón declared that there was consent, that in reality the "yes is yes" nobody uses it and showed a particular "progressive" cynicism how much tried to demonstrate that their renunciation of public office expresses their ethical commitment. Declared quite comfortably since the pact of Knights that prevails in justice -more when the court is a former deputy- made the interrogation almost enjoyable.

Interrogation that revictimizes

When Elisa Mouliaá's turn came to provide her testimony, The kindness were finished. Within his extensive attack of questions, tending to deposit the burden of guilt in the victim, Carretero questioned that he resisted effectively. "How do you go with that man at your home?”. During the hard and rude interrogation, The judge has deposited the entire burden of evidence on the shoulders of Mouliaá. Once again we can verify that time continues its course, even with changes in legislation that imply relative advances, but they keep crashing against the wall of togas.
The videos, which were made public a few days ago, They revealed chilling fragments in which Carretero judges Mouliaá, what is the victim, with a clear disciplinary message. The judge considered “strange things” in her complaint and did not hesitate to re-victimize her and put her on the ropes.. further, He used a crude tone when asking her if she had pulled down her panties or how long Errejón had been licking her breasts..
Instead, Errejón defended his innocence before the judge in an interrogation full of good treatment. “Let's go over what she says and what I want you to tell me.”, who summed up what happened as a "touch". It is worth clarifying that Carretero's role was to collect information to decide whether the case deserves to be judged, so, You should not issue a sentence.

Popular reaction

After the mass dissemination of the interrogation to Mouliaá the website of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) He received in less than a week more than a thousand complaints and complaints of the disastrous attitude of the magistrate. Before the wave of accusations received, The CGPJ has opened an investigation, Something that could continue with the opening of a file and end a penalty for Carretero.
Needless to say, we do not deposit any confidence in these types of institutions that only act when the facts are visible, but in the meantime they keep retrograde judges in office, that only make visible why women do not report their attackers. This is why from Juntas y a la Izquierda – Spanish State we maintain once again that a comprehensive reform of the entire judicial system is needed.. It is urgent that judges be elected by popular vote, that their positions are revocable and that they have training in gender issues.
further, We need to organize and take to the streets throughout the Spanish State, for an impartial investigation, that Carretero be sanctioned and make visible that “if they touch a, we all answer ". It is becoming increasingly evident that to pave the way for the rights of exploited and oppressed women, It is necessary that patriarchy and capitalism fall together, With mobilization and unit with the working class.