For Juanma Moreno, “humor is one of the hallmarks of our land, but to be funny it is done with respect and affection“, and understands that what was seen in the program is “a lack of respect for Andalusia, and thousands of Andalusians and their traditions. I hope that to ask for forgiveness they know how to do it better “, she concludes.
Humor is one of the hallmarks of our land, but to be funny it is done with respect and affection. It is a lack of respect for #Andalusia, and thousands of Andalusians and their traditions. I hope that to ask for forgiveness they know how to do better.pic.twitter.com/IF4rkO1CN2
—Juanma Moreno (@JuanMa_Moreno) April 8, 2023
For her part, the spokeswoman for Adelante Andalucía, Teresa Rodriguezconsiders that humor can be made from everything, “also from Holy Week”, but not “with so much ‘badness’, ignorance and Andalusian phobia”, urging the writers of the joke to imitate “the accent of your bloody ‘stop’ for being soft.”
On this same subject, the bishop of the Diocese of Huelva, santiago gomez, assures in this regard that freedom of expression “cannot offend religious beliefs, nor can it offend rocieros Catholics”, and emphasizes that “the right to freedom of thought and expression, recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, does not It can imply the right to offend the religious feelings of believers, a principle that is obviously valid for any religion”. “Human coexistence – he continues exposing – requires a climate of mutual respect to promote peace between us. The criticism and ridicule of Catholics demonstrate a lack of human sensitivity and can give rise to undesirable provocations”, he points out. Finally, the bishop of the Huelva diocese assures that “this is not the way to work to heal the wounds that may exist in our coexistence”.
Almonte Town Hall
Almonte Town Hall shows “its absolute rejectionor the images broadcast by TV3 parodying the Virgen del Rocío”. The Almonte City Council condemns and shows its absolute rejection of the images broadcast by the program ‘Està passant’ on the Catalan television TV3, in which an unfortunate parody is made of the Virgin of Rocío.
The institution considers it “a serious lack of respect the municipality of Almonte and the hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin”, as well as an unjustified and tasteless attack that deserves the strongest rejection. The City Council has demanded a public apology from the program and the channel and the withdrawal of these images to make amends, where possible, for the damage done to the many people who have been seriously offended by this unfortunate spectacle.
PP de Almonte: “Enough of making fun of our beliefs and hallmarks”
He PP of Almonte issued a statement in which its president Miguel Ángel Jiménez denounced that “recently we have witnessed a shameful event on TV3, the Catalan public television, in which a video has been broadcast that mocks and caricatures our Patron Saint, the Virgen del Rocío. We must not tolerate our beliefs and traditions being disrespected in this way, even less from a publicly funded medium.”
For this reason, “from the Almonte People’s Party, we demand a public rectification by TV3 and we also request an official statement from the Almonte City Council, as an institution that represents our people, asking this media outlet to apologize for this outrage and retract its disrespectful broadcast.” “a rectification from TV3 and a public apology. Our people, their traditions and identity, deserve respectful and dignified treatment in the media.”
