The tricolor deputy also referred to the poster in front of her and to the one of the mayor Ernesto Musyhondt, which was recently demolished by the public works employees.
“Once again, from power, a taxable attack against the rights of a woman who has taken a step forward for the politics of our country,” said in a statement the ARENA MP, Margarita Escobar, to denounce this is the object of gender political violence by government officials.
The complaint comes from the demolition of a panel by public works authorities, which contained political propaganda of the ARENA party. “My publicity as a candidate is not a minor issue, it directly undermines my political rights and that, gentlemen, has a name: gender-based political violence carried out with premeditation and total perfidy,” said the tricolor deputy.
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Escobar, who is seeking re-election in the February 28, 2021 elections, denounced government officials as directly attacking her political rights, current legislation, fair trial and her rights as a woman.
In the statement, she points out that it is all due to the fact that the Minister of Public Works, Romeo Herrera, claimed that he is tearing down a propaganda fence for his re-election as a deputy. However, it is not the only point he supports, because he also denounces the harassment he received a few days ago in the middle of a press conference. by the Minister of Finance, Alejandro Zelaya.
Ernesto Muyshondt posted a video this week in which he sees MOP employees tearing down a fence with his image and that of Deputy Escobar, located at the intersection of Calle a Huizúcar and Luis Poma Boulevard.
The Minister of Public Works, in turn, justified the fact that the demolished fence did not have the respective permits and was therefore demolished.
According to the parliamentarian, these types of actions seek to denigrate women, preventing them from daring to get involved in politics.
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Regarding the February 28 election process, he said he regretted that the government had turned it into a “state election”.
“The government must do only one thing in the electoral issue: refrain from intervention and today it does the opposite. Ministers and various government agencies are involved in the electoral process. Our country cannot return to those times when political persecution was the daily bread “, Escobar underlined.