“What on earth do I have to apologize for?”

Santo Domingo. – After coming under heavy criticism for his controversial statement that “it is not a crime to get your partner pregnant without their consent”, Deputy MP Eugenio Cedeno He said, “What on earth do I have to apologize for?”

“I have nothing to be sorry for. I have nothing to be ashamed of… I did not kill, rape, kidnap, beat or humiliate any woman. I defended legislative positions within my powers as a councillor, in accordance with the constitution. What on earth do I have to apologize for,” Cedeño wrote on his X account.

I have nothing to be sorry for. I have nothing to be ashamed of… I did not kill, rape, kidnap, beat or degrade any woman. I defended my legislative position within my powers as a member of parliament, in accordance with the Constitution. What on earth do I have to apologize for? https://t.co/ARxOyj1Qvl

— Eugenio Cedeño Areche (@eugeniocedenolr) July 11, 2024

The deputy was reacting after the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) asked the State Prosecutor and the Ethics and Control Commission to initiate the corresponding disciplinary procedures for his statements, ensuring that they had a “highly negative” connotation for women’s rights and encouraged gender violence.

Likewise, politicians such as Margarita Cedeño, Legislatorand others expressed indignation and demanded an apology from Eugenio.

What did the adjutant say?

Representative La Romana made the following statement, which later sparked controversy:

“If I’m married to my wife and I have AIDS and I take off the condom and make her sick, that’s a crime. Now, if I’m married to my wife and I take off the condom because I want to, I want to get her pregnant, even if she doesn’t want to, she’s my wife… It doesn’t have to go to the criminal code, it doesn’t even go to the civil code because ‘Why did he marry me?’”