The President of the Board of Extremadura, María Guardiolahas advanced on Wednesday that the deputies of the popular parliamentary group in the assembly vote against the proposal presented by Vox to repeal the LGBTI law in the region, which this Wednesday turns ten years old. In a message on social networks, Guardiola has indicated that, on this day, Extremadura has “Much to celebrate” because just 10 years ago it approved a «Historical Law» that made it the first one that legislated on many key matters for the protection of LGTBI rights and that «At that time They were not collected in other normative frameworks ».
In this sense, María Guardiola He stressed that «A historical law that went ahead with will and with the unanimity of the Extremaduran Parliament. Wanna remember that our region achieved Place yourself at the forefront of social policies and I want to reiterate that we have not given or take a single step back ». «We went and we are a nationLy as president of the Board of Extremadura I can only guarantee that it will continue to be, ”he said.
In this line, he stressed that, in just a decade, thousands of Extremaduras have changed their lives “for better” and has assured that their executive will take care of “continuing to work on their protection.” “I say high and of course, their rights are armored,” he said.
10 years of the LGTBI law. The freedom to love and feel in Extremadura is protected by a modern norm. We were pioneers, and today we continued advancing with a firm step in respect and diversity. pic.twitter.com/r75pneacqp
– María Guardiola (@MGuardiolam) March 19, 2025
The Extremadura President He has insisted that he believes in a “free Extremadura” in which no proposal violates the rights of people, while clarifying that “the parliamentary procedures that are authorized respond to the fulfillment of the law as guarantors and defenders of democracy.”
«And advance that, even if it has to be processed, the Popular Party will vote against. Therefore, any attempt of manipulation in this regard should not have a place, because no right must be used as a throwing weapon between parties, ”he said.
He also considered that in days as today it is “more important, if possible,” return to that spirit that led the assembly to approve the LGBTI Extremadura law unanimously, in addition to insisting that he believes in a “free extremadura” and “without fear in which, of course, we all fit.”
