For its part, Sotelo, representing Argentina, expressed: “When talking about the presidency of Xavier Milei, many talk about the economic side, but the reality is also that an impressive fight is taking place in the cultural battle. In the United Nations Organization, there are countless resolutions that are voted on where they talk about gender, abortion, they talk about patriarchy, but they do not talk about the family.. So, those of us who are here, those of us who are in politics, those of us who defend life, God, country, family, we have to be interested in what is happening.”
Then he proposed “putting pressure on our governments to know what is being voted on” and “what international organizations are doing” because “it is from ignorance that the left becomes strong. And if there is something that they have been Well, it is precisely in taking over absolutely all areas of power and they have left absolutely nothing.”
The main points of the Madrid Commitment
He Madrid Commitment was read by a group of young leaders and establishes that during the next ten years Those who subscribe to it will promote an agenda of five points.
The first is to guarantee that laws and governments respect the exercise of freedom to defend the dignity of every human being and their right to lifefrom conception to natural death, and to peacefully and respectfully express one’s own convictions.
It encourages the development of legislative initiatives and public policies that establish an environment conducive to family formation and stability, so that men and women can fully exercise their universal right to marry, found a family and freely educate their children.
Establishes that will generate a culture that celebrates life, appreciates family and affirms the responsible exercise of freedom: and affirms that they will work so that governments subscribe and assume the Geneva Consensus Declarationwhich promotes women’s health, respect for the life that is born and the sovereignty of peoples.
Finally, the Madrid Commitment gives continuity to the New York Declaration proposing a World Alliance demanding that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights be interpreted according to its original meaning. For the Network’s management, the document is seen as an instrument that will expand its capacity to influence and bring together politicians and civic leaders from around the world.
During the preview of the event, the Spanish newspaper El País reported that PNfV had listed George Peter Kaluma as a speaker, a Kenyan MP who relates to the homosexuality with the “devil worship”.
In a recent interview with the British BBC, Kaluma generated rejection by stating that he will pressure his country’s Parliament to toughen the sentence for homosexuals. “We want to prohibit everything that has to do with homosexuality,” he said.. The Kenyan legislator spoke out in favor of life imprisonment.
After the scandal over his presence at the event, the organization removed him from the official list of speakers, without specifying whether his presence would be dispensed with.
Argentina signed the Madrid Commitment
The document was welcomed by delegations of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain , Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Uganda, Ukraine and Venezuela, among other countries.
Among the participants of the Summit were Nahuel Sotelo, Secretary of Worship and Civilization of Argentina; Márton Ugrósdy, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary; members of the European Parliament Kinga Gal, from Hungary; Stephen Bartulica, from Croatia; Nicholas Bay, from France; Paolo Inselvini, from Italy; Margaret of Pisa, from Spain; and Serban-Dimitrie Sturdza, from Romania.
Also the US Congressman Andy Harris; Paola Holguín, senator and presidential candidate of Colombia, senator Eduardo Girao and the deputy Nikolas Ferreira, from Brazil; the parliamentarians Stephan Schubert, from Chile; Nicolás Mayoraz, from Argentina; Rogelio Genao, from the Dominican Republic; Ignacio Garriga, from Spain; Rita Maria Matias, from Portugal; Gudrun Kugler, from Austria; Krzysztof Bosak and Krzysztof Szczucki, from Poland; John Crane member of the Indiana Senate; and Kerri Seekins-Crowe, member of the House of Representatives from Montana, both from the United States.
The parliamentarians were speakers from Africa Lucy Akello, of Uganda, and Samuel Sam, ambassador for peace of the Government of Sierra Leone, and there were 7 delegations from the continent.
A new president of the Network
During the Summit a change was made in the direction of PNfV. Croatian MEP Stephen Bartulica He is the new president, replacing the Chilean José Antonio Kast, who served a period of two and a half years.
“The period of José Antonio Kast at the head of the Network has been full of fruits. His prestige, vision and personal integrity allowed us to move forward and generate greater synergies and increasingly effective articulations. Now, under the leadership of Stephen Bartulica, Our network will continue to open new paths to expand the impact of our agenda,” details Velarde.
The new president of the summit was the protagonist of a scandal in the middle of the year when after the elections to European Parliament went out to celebrate aboard a red Ferrari driven by a convicted criminal for attempted murder.
“I had not planned to come to the electoral headquarters this way, it was a spontaneous idea”he told the media after being questioned publicly. Regarding the man who accompanied him, he said he did not know that he was a convicted person but rather the owner of a restaurant.
Bartulica He is 54 years old, born in St. Joseph, United States, and is the son of Croatian parents. He is married and the father of 4 children. Graduate in Political Science from the University of Missouri and Doctor in Political Philosophy and Ethics from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He is an associate professor of political philosophy at the Catholic University of Croatia. Think tank founder Center for Renewal of Culture. He was a member of his country’s Parliament (2020) and is currently a member of the European Parliament (2024). He is co-founder and International Secretary of the DOMiNO party and a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR).
Bartulica The summit is held thanks to the support of allied organizations of the Network: The Heritage Foundation, Foundation for a Civic Hungary, Center for Fundamental Rights, International Organization for the Family, Family Watch International; Center for Family and Human Rights; Center for Studies, Training and Social Analysis – CEU-CEFAS, Family Research Council, Neos Foundation, Ordo Iuris – Institute for Legal Culture; Talenting Group and Más Cinco.
Source: Ambito
