The secretary general of the Popular Party, Miguel Tellado, has lashed out at the Government on the eve of International Women's Day, assuring that the policies promoted by the Executive have caused “tremendous damage” to women and to equality.
Tellado defended that his party celebrates March 8 by placing at the center “the defense of real equality”, a principle that, he said, is part of the PP's project “without asking anyone for permission and without wanting to exclude anyone.”
Celebrating International Women's Day in Cartagena, for me it has frankly important connotations.
— Miguel Tellado (@Mtelladof) March 7, 2026
There is no democracy without equality and there is no democracy without freedom. pic.twitter.com/fINpMmyfzT
The popular leader harshly criticized the Government of Pedro Sánchez, whom he held responsible for various controversies related to equality. Among them he mentioned the 'only yes means yes' law, the failures detected in monitoring bracelets for aggressors and several scandals that, in his opinion, have affected the credibility of the Executive in terms of women's protection.
Tellado's statements occur in a context of strong political debate about feminism, in which Vox has also intervened. The party's parliamentary spokesperson, Pepa Millán, accused Sánchez's Executive of politically benefiting from the suffering of many women and maintained that feminism has become "a big business" that, according to her argument, has also harmed men.
From the formation of Santiago Abascal they insist that, despite the resources allocated to the Ministry of Equality and to various public bodies, the figures for assaults and murders of women have not decreased.
In this context, Tellado assured that the Government "its mask has fallen" and that after its feminist discourse only remains, in his opinion, "cynicism and shamelessness." The PP leader concluded by stating that his party does not accept "lessons from those who turn feminism into sectarianism."
