The head of the Education portfolio apologized for his statements regarding the Aymara women who protested with their children in Lima.
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He Minister of EducationÓscar Becerra apologized for recent expressions about a group of Aymara women who were protesting with their children in the capital and who were sprayed with tear gas by members of the National Police of Peru (PNP).
“Not even animals expose their children. We see it every day in these nature channels where a mother dies defending her children so that they are not attacked. And we are seeing, can those who take their children and expose them to the violence that we are witnessing be called mothers? Can we get to that extreme of manipulation? was what the minister said on that occasion.
As recalled, after these words, various institutions, personalities and politicians criticized the head of the Ministry of Education (Minedu).
“We emphatically reject denigrating expressions issued by the head of the Ministry of Education against the dignity of women, especially Aymara indigenous women”was what highlighted the Ombudsman in a statement on Twitter.
The Manuela Ramos Movement also criticized these expressions: “Women who were demonstrating peacefully and who had carried their children on their backs were strongly repressed by the PNP, who launched tear gas bombs without any consideration for the children. Now the Minister of Education calls them ‘worse than animals’ and even accuses them of having ‘rented’ them”.
Apologies from the Minister of Education
Given the large number of criticisms and claims, the Minister of Education he had to apologize.
🔴 Minister of Education, Oscar Becerra, regarding his latest statements: “I regret that some unfortunate expressions of mine have been used to ignore the rights of children. I apologize, but I have not referred to Aymara women at any time.” pic.twitter.com/PT5OvesCoT
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“I regret that some unfortunate expressions of mine have been used to ignore the rights of children, which are my main concern. The way I have expressed myself, yes, definitely (it has been unfortunate) and for that I have already offered an apology ”, he pointed Oscar Becerra to the media.
