Ayelén Mazzina responded to Miguel Ángel Pichetto's outburst: "I am a woman, lesbian, feminist and minister"

The Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity,

, came out this Saturday with the tip caps against the General Auditor of the Nation Miguel Ángel Pichetto, who questioned the position of the national official for being a lesbian.

"I am a woman, lesbian, feminist and Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity of the Nation and

," said Mazzina.

Through a post on her Twitter account, the minister also made use of the well-known meme that is used to show stupor, a blonde girl with a puzzled face: "Meanwhile, the lesbians watching Pichetto say that we are not women 👀".

The response of the head of the Women's portfolio came after Pichetto's outburst, who pointed against the national official: "She is a lesbian, they could have put a woman."

"What is the Ministry of Women for?", they questioned him on

, in the middle of a debate over the crime of Lucio Dupuy.

Without turning around, she replied: "It is in the hands of a girl who is a lesbian."

Immediately afterwards, he anticipated the criticism and excused himself: "I believe in individual freedom, I believe in the right to happiness and I voted for all the laws of equality. But if it is the Ministry of Women, they could have put a

, also picked up the gauntlet

, who offered her support to Mazzina and accused Pichetto of "scavenging or doing politics on pain."

"The ministry, the minister and the government repudiated the bestial murder of Lucio. Soberly and

. La Aye is a woman and lesbian, and there are male and gay officials. And diversity. And for that reason We ask for more ESI for everyone, everyone," Cerruti posted.

Pichetto's explanation of his sayings

In the midst of the controversy over his statements, Pichetto clarified his statements on Twitter: "Given the misrepresentation of my statements on a television program, I want to clarify that my intention was to denounce that the Ministry of Women did not repudiate the murder of Lucio Dupuy because it coincided with the sexual orientation of the minister, with those of the perpetrators of the crime".

"I am in favor of the exercise of freedom by each person regarding their decisions. Needless to say, throughout my political career and mainly in the Senate, I voted in favor of all the equalizations of rights that concern said freedom staff," he completed.

Finally, he closed: "To these ends I attach my closing speech when voting for equal marriage in the Senate, when we converted it into law in 2010."

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