The Minister of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality of the Government of Andalusia, Loles López, highlighted this Friday that Andalusia It is the first autonomous community that has a Protocol for Action in Serious Cases of Antigypsyism. In this way it is placed “at the forefront in the defense of the rights of the Roma population.”
“It is about of the first protocol of its kind in Spain“, as pointed out by the counselor during the closing of the plenary session of the Andalusian Council of the Gypsy People, which has completed its second year giving voice to the gypsies of Andalusia.
This council took place in the Andalusian Parliament where, in addition, has celebrated the commemorative event for the Day of the Gypsies and Andalusian Gypsieswhich included the President of Parliament, Jesús Aguirre, and the counselor herself, among other political personalities and from the associative movement of the Roma people.
After thanking the commitment of the associative movement, the counselor made clear the involvement of the Government Andalusian for, in a transversal way, work for a “more respectful, empathetic and inclusive” society“At this point, he has highlighted the importance of this protocol, the first at the national level, in this area.
This protocol, as the counselor has highlighted, “puts the victim at the center” and establishes what the response should be, and with what resources Each administration must intervene to provide adequate coverage to a situation of anti-gypsyism that poses a threat to peaceful coexistence.
According to the Board, last year, the Andalusian Council of the Gypsy People marked as one of its priorities the development of this protocol, which has already materialized and will serve to provide an “agile, rapid and effective response to serious cases of anti-gypsyism.” “. Furthermore, according to the Boardis born from the fruit “of dialogue and consensus between the different administrationsunion and business organizations and third sector entities and responds to a demand from the Roma people.
commemorative event
Subsequently, the counselor has participated in the act of reading the manifesto for Gypsy Day Andalusians and the raising of the corresponding flag.
It has been an institutional act loaded “with symbolism and vindication” with the aim of improving their inclusion and which concluded with the singing of the anthem Gelem, Gelem. The second vice president of the Andalusian Council of the Gypsy People, Ostalinda Maya, was in charge of reading the manifesto. After congratulating the Andalusian gypsy population, the counselor stressed that an anniversary as relevant as this one deserves to be celebrated in a space like the Parliament Andalusian, which is the home of all Andalusians.