Last Wednesday, during a tour of the Casa Rosada together with the Spanish Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, Gabriela Ceruti He assured that the stones in tribute to those killed by the coronavirus that relatives left in the Plaza de Mayo to remember them “were put by the right.”
These statements generated great controversy, so the presidential spokeswoman Criticism rained down on him. Before the impasse, Gabriela Ceruti He apologized for what he said and assured that he respects the pain of people who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
“I deeply regret if any family member of covid victims who has honored their loved ones by symbolically leaving stones, felt offended by my words. I sincerely apologize and reiterate my respect and accompaniment to pain and mourning“, wrote Gabriela Ceruti on his Twitter account.
And he added: “I made a mistake by wanting to point out the political use of pain and death that some sectors made and continue to make. The whole society will be marked by this time of anguish that we are beginning to leave behind collectively”.
The questionable statements were made public, since, during the tour that the spokeswoman carried out with the Spanish minister, it was shared on her own social networks, which immediately generated criticism.
“That’s what we have, the right has put its stones remembering the dead of covid,” he said Cerruti while showing the minister the view of the Plaza de Mayo that can be seen from the balcony of the Casa Rosada.
It should be remembered that during the marches of the stones, which took place in August 2021, Thousands of relatives came to the Plaza de Mayo to pay tribute to the victims of the coronavirus.
The reaction of the opposition
After controversial statements by the presidential spokeswoman, the first pronouncements came from the right. Among them, María Eugenia Vidal who remarked that the stones belong to all Argentines.
“The stones are not from the right, Gabriela Ceruti. They belong to all the Argentines who lost a loved one while you were celebrating in Olivos and vaccinating your friends,” Vidal wrote on his Twitter account.
