The last we heard from attorney Wendy Auxillou, following her entanglement with Minister Andre Perez, she told us about the elements of harassment and intimidation which she claims often surfaced during her interaction with him.
But instead of filing a complaint or a police report against him, Auxilou, perhaps as a good PUP, reached out to his cabinet colleagues. That Minister is Dolores Balderamos Garcia and today we asked her about it.
Dolores Balderamos Garcia
"Absolutely. What she said is absolutely true. She didn't change anything. We had the conversation. It was respectful and she made her decision based on that, you know? I can only add. I mean, I won't get into the details or anything, but I'd like to add two things. I have said it before and I will say it again. I stand for good behavior and I absolutely do not support any kind of wrongdoing. However, maybe I could say this a little half jokingly, but also very seriously. If you're going to misbehave, turn off your phone because as you know that many times and especially, well, the message not only goes out to adults but also to young people. Let's be very careful and because we are going to be introducing anti-sexual harassment, new legislation, we want to ask everyone, again, adults, minors, everybody, be careful of your phone."
"Do not be taking pictures that are rude in any way and be very careful. You know, if you don't engage, I always tell people if you're vexed, don't text. So, you know, leave your phone one side and there will be less trouble."
"I'm not saying that everybody is going to behave themselves tomorrow. It would be a perfect world and we are all human. We all make mistakes, you know, but I want to repeat that everything that Ms. Auxillou said is absolutely true and I only repeat my plea for good behavior going forward because as a government, if we are going to be standing for reducing the incidences of sexual harassment and any kind of misbehavior, then we have to practice what we preach."
Auxilou claims she never followed up with Balderamos Garcia because the Minister asked for a meeting - but Auxilou would only do it in the presence of her attorney.
