Overview
- After criticism from Antequera officials, María Jesús Montero posted an apology on X and called her wording a lapsus.
- During a brief local TV interview at the center, she used the term “mentally ill” and misnamed the group as “Adapi.”
- Mayor Manuel Barón corrected her language as “people with functional diversity” and cast the visit as political theater, citing his account of a past health-center closure.
- Montero also said the people served by the association are her policy “favorites” and pledged to work on funding places at the center if she wins office.
- ADIPA is a long-running NGO in Antequera that supports people with intellectual disabilities and their families and is marking its 50th anniversary, which helps explain the strong local reaction.