Domestic violence is thrust into the Spanish election debate

Four women were killed by their partners or ex-partners in Spain on Tuesday, February 26th, which brings to 17 the number of women killed by their partners since the beginning of January in this country. This 'black Tuesday' has provoked the reaction of political parties which, right through the election campaign [for the legislatives on March 9th] had bearly brought up the problem of wife-beating", explains the daily. "Spanish society is demanding efficient solutions to stymie this dramatic phenomenon. The terrible images of victims stabbed or shot dead have incited high demands of public powers. If it is true, according to official data, that 84,000 women currently benfit from protection mechanisms, precise measures will have to be adopted for these mechanisms to be less easy to violate."

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