The tricolor deputy also pointed her face to the sign and that of Mayor Ernesto Musyhondt, which was recently shot by employees of Public Works.
“Again, power attacks with impunity the rights of a woman who has taken a step forward in the politics of our country,” ARENA deputy Margarita Escobar said in a statement denouncing her. that is the target of political gender violence by government officials.
The complaint stems from the demolition of a billboard by Public Works authorities, which featured political propaganda from 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: political gender violence carried out from power with total premeditation and treason,” said the tricolor delegate.
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Escobar, who is running for re-election in the February 28, 2021 elections, denounced that government officials have directly attacked his political rights, against current laws, against a fair trial and against his rights as a woman.
In the statement, it indicates that everything is due to the fact that the Minister of Public Works, Romeo Herrera, approved the demolition of a fence with propaganda of her re-election as a deputy. It’s not the only point he makes, though, as 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 published a video this week in which he sees MOP employees tear down a fence with his statue and that of Deputy Escobar, located at the intersection of Calle a Huizúcar and Boulevard Luis Poma.
For his part, the Minister of Public Works has justified that the demolished fence did not have the relevant permits and that it was therefore demolished.
According to the MP, these kinds of actions are intended to belittle women and prevent them from daring to interfere in politics.
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Regarding the election process on February 28, he said he regrets that the government has made it “state elections”.
“The government has only one thing to do about the electoral issue: do not intervene and do the opposite today. It has put ministers and various government agencies in the hands of the electoral process. Our country cannot go back to a time when political persecution was the daily bread, ”noted Escobar.