The Minister of Justice, Home Affairs and Public Administration Gabriela Bravo announced this Monday that the request to amend various articles of the Highways Law has been sent to the Ministry of Land Policy, Public Works and Mobility in the hands of Rebeca Torró. 1991 Community of Valencia, thus 15 thousand euros for prostitution customers intends to obtain paid sex on regionally owned roads. This regulatory change is also linked to the Show Act reform, which penalized owners and those who seek paid sexual services to fence off brothels camouflaged as entertainment and entertainment venues. Also, it is known prostitutes as victims of sexual violence.
Bravo made this announcement in a speech at the Feminist Forum “Prostitution Regulation Proposals” organized by the Valencia City Council’s Citizens’ Protection Area, saying this initiative joins other initiatives his department has launched “to build a society free of prostitution”. .
The Assemblyman explained that the proposal, sent to the Office of Regional Policy, requests the addition of a new clause to the end of Title VIII of regional regulations concerning the “temporary occupation of public spaces, means of carrying out conservation and reserve uses, and activities related to the provision of services of a sexual nature. Further, the proposal adds that “a procedure of action should be established to support and protect those who carry out uses and activities related to the provision of services of a sexual nature”.
In this way, in addition to Article 41 of the Highways Law, the proposal of the Ministry of Justice also includes a new section that defines it as a serious offense to directly or indirectly request, negotiate or accept paid sexual services in places subject to the law. As stated in article 2 of this law, the behaviors detailed in the aforementioned articles in no way constitute a basis for imposing sanctions on women who are victims of prostitution or sexual abuse.”
In this sense, it will be considered as one. serious crime It is punishable by a fine of between 3,001 and 15,000 euros.
The Valencian model to eradicate prostitution “we’ve been working on for fifteen months” is “based on the need to secure fundamental rights, because without them we cannot talk about democracy,” he said. Therefore, he argued that although necessary: “focus on the pimps”also “you should look at those who were there as we continue to drag the understanding of a patriarchal society where there are men who think they have the right to pay for a woman’s body and not of their own free will”
Gabriela Bravo said, “We will continue to mark the path to abolition with concrete measures from the Generalitat, such as changing the model of the Demonstration Law and the Abolitionist Ordinance, to put an end to this embarrassing phenomenon.”