Spanish Senate has rejected a Partido Popular motion which called for bullfighting to be declared a protected cultural interest.
The vote was 129 against, 117 in favour and there was one abstention.
PP Senator, Pío García Escudero, spoke in favour of the motion, and described the bullfighter as ‘an artist, like a painter, composer, poet or sculptor’. He said he had to create his work of art in 20 minutes, without any possibility of correction, and risking his life the whole time. He said that bullfighting was part of the history, art, tradition, sentiment and emotion of Spain, in a speech full of literary references.
Socialist spokesman, Roberto Lertxundi, a declared bullfighting supporter, said that his group was voting against the motion as the declaration of being of cultural interest was the domain of the regional administrations, and he claimed the PP had done more damage to bullfighting by bringing the motion to the Senate.
Meanwhile the Partido Popular has announced that they will consider making an appeal to the Constitutional Court, against the decision made in the Catalan Parliament earlier this year to ban bullfighting in the region from 2012.
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