A man identified as Brigadier General José Manuel Frías Rodríguez reprimanded two agents of the Directorate General of Traffic and Land Transport Safety (Digesett) for not honoring him when they inspected his vehicle.
In a video broadcast on social networks, Frías Rodríguez is presented demanding “respect” for Digesett agents and to put himself in a position of “attention” due to the rank he said he holds.
“Be careful Ameth, be careful Ameth, but what is this? “The officer is heard saying to one of the agents in a defiant attitude and then the other Digesett comes to mediate the situation.
To the other agent, the general said, “He has to be careful and say respectfully, sir, identify yourself, hey. When I identify, he has to greet me like a general and then say, “Commander, you can’t stay there.”
Subsequently, the general demanded more discipline, while saying a series of obscene words, to which the agent responded “moderately”, which caused a greater change in the man’s attitude, who threatened to “report”. .
The situation occurred because Frías Rodríguez had the vehicle parked on a portion of the lane of the national district, an area where parking is prohibited.
The officer’s attitude was criticized on social networks, mainly on Twitter, where the word “Digesett”, “Amet” and “El General” was a trend.
Some users opposed Frías Rodríguez’s attitude, such as @correavpl, who wrote on Twitter: “You have to tell the general that he was not in a military complex, that he was not in uniform, that these agents, regardless of their status as police or military officers, carrying out civilian work, the laws are the same for everyone. His mistake was to identify. “
Others like @ hdez1000 commented in favor of the officer’s claim to respect: those who oppose the general tell them respectfully that military salute is a mandatory ceremony in all institutions around the world. It’s discipline. That’s what the general asked. The other … is to be found guilty and fined, which he did NOT deny. “