Critics. Hannibal Torreshead of the Council of Ministers, continues to be questioned for his statements about children in the districts of San Isidro and Miraflores noting that they can change their way of thinking by stating that a “small sector of society in these places are mentally warped to make them believe that they are superior”.
This time, the Municipality of Miraflores issued a statement on its social networks where it “strongly rejects the unfortunate expressions” of Aníbal Torres, considering that these phrases “stigmatize in a classist manner and promote their discrimination within the country’s child population.” Miraflores Municipality issued a statement on their social networks where “Strongly rejects the unfortunate expressions” of Aníbal Torressince it considers that said phrases “class-based stigmatize and promote discrimination among the child population of the country”.
“It is necessary to remember the head of the ministerial cabinet (Hannibal Torres) that childhood is a very important and crucial formative period in the future of a society. It is unjustifiable, therefore, to threaten their well-being and dignity”, reads the pronouncement issued last Saturday.
For the municipality of Miraflores, the words by Anibal Torres “further divide the nation.” Next, they consider that the prime minister “also ignores that, during the Battle of Miraflores, in the unfortunate War of the Pacific, more than 20 children and adolescents, known as child heroes, blew themselves up offering their lives for love of the country.”
“Miraflores is a heroic and inclusive district, where peace is promoted and human rights are respected without distinction. Thus, We demand that Aníbal Torres, within 48 hours, publicly apologize to the country”, the statement ended.
Statement from the Municipality of Miraflores on discriminatory expressions by Aníbal Torres. Photo: Facebook/Miraflores Municipality
What did Aníbal Torres say about the children of San Isidro and Miraflores?
Last friday, Hannibal Torres criticized the districts of Lima for try to change the way of thinking of children and place them, in their opinion, against the government of President Pedro Castillo.
It was during his intervention in an activity of the IPD in Bellavista, which Torres Vasquez He pointed out: “How I would have wanted children from San Isidro, from Miraflores, to also join the rest of the country, they are good, we love them too. What happens is that a small sector of society in these places is mentally deformed to make them believe that they are superior.”.
