The mayor of Antofagasta, Jonathan Velasquez (IND, ex-Evópoli), apologized on Monday for the lack of bathrooms at the Antofagasta Festival. In this regard, he pointed out that as a child “they taught me that when you visit a house you don’t ask for the bathroom.”
“What people saw is what they like. What happened behind the issue of the bathrooms are things, yes, for example when I was a child my mother told me that when you left the house to do well, to have good luck, you had to go to the bathroom before, ” said the communal chief in the Municipal Council, held on Monday.
“They even taught me that when you visit a house you don’t ask for the bathroom because that’s rude,” Mayor Velásquez added.
The answers did not wait. the councilor Norma Leiva pointed out: “it is a public venue, do not make absurd excuses mayor”. For his part, the councilor ignacio well He questioned: “How is it going to be rude to ask for a bathroom? First time I’ve heard that.”
However, the mayor insisted. “They taught me like this, when you go to visit you don’t ask for the bathroom. I am telling you from my experience, I did not use any bathroom or booth, I put up with it, ”he said.
In this regard, the councilor Peace Fuica He commented: “I hope you don’t have bladder and prostate problems, because that is a very unhealthy recommendation.”
The lack of bathrooms was not the only problem at the Antofagasta Festival, which had its first day on Sunday. Attendees accused lines of seven hours, insufficient security measures, a limited capacity, among other matters. There was also a human avalanche.
according to Antofagasta NewspaperBoth the Carabineros and the Seremi de Salud filed violations against the municipality.
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