Ruth Luke files criminal case against Education Minister for remarks about Aymara women

Congresswoman Ruth Luque (Cambio Democrático-JP) introduced this Wednesday, March 8, application for initiation of criminal proceedings for the alleged crime of discrimination against the Minister of Education, Oscar Becerra, for his statements about Aymara women who protested in the city of Lima.

A few days ago he owner Minedu asked the women Aymara from Puno and used the phrase “even animals don’t expose their children”, in addition to saying that the children they carried on their backs “were sure to have been rented”.

“We see it every day in these natural canals where a mother dies protecting her children from being attacked. And we see, is it right to call mothers those who take their children and subject them to the violence that we are witnessing? Can we go to that extreme of manipulation?” he said.

When a criminal case is announced Congressman Luke regretted that “high authority” as Minister of education it’s pronounced that way. Thus, he insisted that the aforementioned statements They cannot be ignored in a country where “unrestricted respect for fundamental rights” must prevail.

“Today, in a country where we must reaffirm democracy, unfettered respect for fundamental rights, respect for our diversity, and cultural recognition of how Aymara Quechua women mobilize; Statements of this kind cannot be ignored,” he said from the corridors parliament.

Ask the prosecutor’s office to accept the complaint for proceedings

In this sense, Luke He said he expects the Department of Public Administration to take the lawsuit into consideration so that the case can be investigated.

“I hope that within the powers of the prosecutor’s office it will be possible to process, investigate and establish whether it was committed here. [el presunto delito de discriminación]he said.

Although he noted that Minister Becerra apologized to Aymara women, parliamentarian He pointed out that “his apology came too late in the face of expressions that were rejected by many social classes.”