The USR condemns domestic violence and aggression against women.

Every 30 seconds, a romanian woman is beaten. Every five days, a romanian woman dies in a man's fists. Almost 60% of Romanians tolerate violent behaviors in the family and even consider them justified. Florina Presada, USR senator, reports: "There are no pataquins, rags, parachutes. Just as there is no woman who sought or deserved it.Comments that have emerged in the public space on the aggression suffered by Daniela Crudu are the testimony of a culture that on the one hand encourages this culture of violence, especially violence against women, and on the other hand shows us that we are still referring to women in terms of the roles in which we want to see women. These comments now tell us that the female victim of an assault must be a mother and early at home to be respected and taken seriously! Women can be what they want to be. Women have to choose what they want to be. The freedom and the true choice of women must motivate us in our effort to create a more just society. Especially as legislators, we should constantly reflect whether the laws we make protect this freedom and help women reach a position to choose what they do with their lives. As for aggression, the law, fortunately, does not distinguish between women. All women have the right to life, physical integrity and dignity. In 2018, progress was made on domestic violence: the provisional protection order was introduced into the law and the rule under which we can subsequently draft a law to use the electronic bracelet to monitor aggressors. The law also provides for the existence of social services to help both victims (and aggressors, not to relapse) but their state of implementation differs. Too few resources are allocated – and centrally, and at local level – for these services to become a reality. I don't think it's any accident that domestic violence is not a priority for those who have the decision to allocate resources. If an assault is excusable just because the victim is not to our liking, then we have some of the explanation. The electronic bracelet cannot be used yet. The Domestic Violence Act introduced an article on the basis of which a bill could be developed regulating the way the electronic bracelet is used. This project, although publicly debated last summer by the MAI, has not been adopted. However, there is a legislative initiative registered in the Senate to which I have joined and which will be able to cover this legislative vacuum: B558/2019. Awaits the opinion of the Legislative Council to enter the parliamentary procedure – a deadline set for 5 March. I hope that this opinion will come sooner, much earlier, because it is absolutely necessary for this legislative proposal to be discussed in an emergency procedure, which, incidentally, I will ask for! We will not change Romania if we excuse the aggression and continue to blame the victim. We will not change Romania unless we understand that we all have the same rights. Romania is also the country of women who choose or want to choose to be different or something other than what we would like to be."