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Former councilwoman denounces pressure to name a school in Cádiz after Juan Carlos Aragón

Laura Jiménez reveals she was forbidden to speak and vote against the educational center being named after the carnival author.

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A former councilwoman from the Cádiz City Council, Laura Jiménez, has broken her silence to denounce political pressure experienced during the previous term to approve naming a school after Juan Carlos Aragón, despite accusations of gender-based violence against the author.

The debate surrounding the naming of the Profesor Juan Carlos Aragón school has resurfaced in the Cádiz City Council plenary session. Former councilwoman Laura Jiménez, who served during the first term of José María González 'Kichi''s administration, has made her experiences public through a statement read by the current mayor, Bruno García.
In her statement, Jiménez asserts that "various political figures had known for years about the accusations of gender-based violence against Aragón" and claims they were warned "not to even think of saying anything, much less voting against it in the council, because 'all of Cádiz and more would be against us'". These declarations were made during the plenary session addressing the request to remove the carnival author's name from the educational center.
The former councilwoman recounts how she and another colleague decided to "disobey those instructions" and vote against the proposal during the school council meeting in May 2019. Jiménez states they did so "for Paqui and for all the women who didn't need us to show them a report to believe them," criticizing the "humiliating treatment" faced by those who opposed the naming, even from the then-center's director. Despite the minority opposition, the naming proposal proceeded.
Jiménez directly accuses those who "knew the situation and now deny having had information about it," stating: "You knew perfectly well that Juan Carlos Aragón was and is an abuser. We told you." She insists that "a final court ruling is not necessary to believe a woman who has suffered gender-based violence."
The statement broadens the accusation to how victims of gender-based violence are treated within "parties, unions, and other social and political spaces," where, she asserts, "our aggressors are covered up." She laments that women who report end up "isolated, sidelined, and questioned," and advocates for their right to decide "how, where, and when to tell their story."
The former councilwoman concludes her message with a "giant shield": "the women around me believe and care for me." The reading of her statement in the municipal plenary session reignites the controversy surrounding the figure of Juan Carlos Aragón and the school's name, causing division within the city.

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