Two minors went up to a platform in a park in León on Saturday afternoon, one dressed in typical dress, the other in camouflage, hanging the red and black scarf from the Sandinista party around their necks, and carrying toy rifles to dance a piece Sandinista musical.
Everything happened during the political gathering that the Mayor’s Office offers every Saturday in the public square «José Quezada», in the city of León. Many criticize the act as indoctrination of children and its use in acts of politicization.
Leonese citizens and organizations that defend the rights of children, adolescents, and young people accuse the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo of continuing to violate the law that protects them, as well as of violating freedom of thought by wanting to indoctrinate the boys and girls, who still do not have a defined political conscience.
Do they promote peace with gun in hand?
In the surroundings of the square we found Francisca, a 45-year-old woman, who was walking with her eight-year-old son. She said that it was not healthy to encourage violence and partisan doctrines in the little ones that, due to her age, they still do not understand.
«I don’t understand how the government talks about promoting healthy recreation and peace, if they do the opposite. What is a child doing with a weapon, even a toy? What are you telling him? Let him kill?»he wondered and assured that the absolute responsibility lay with the parents. «We must not allow retrograde teachings to be imposed on them»critical.
«What Ortega is promoting is the social decomposition of future generations. Right now two kids from the neighborhood who have been imprisoned for robberies and drug sales are now part of the volunteer police. That is serious», questioned another citizen who preferred to keep his identity anonymous for security reasons. He warned that young people at risk are being recruited and trained in polygons by the Police and paramilitaries. «That is what they are promoting, institutional corruption and crime»said.
climate of fear
Children have always been used by politicians, accuses the merchant Anibal Carrasco. «It is a recurring and illegal resource that the Ortega regime has used all the time, especially now that it has forced its workers and followers to remain in the streets and participate in all activities, thus creating a climate of fear to show support. popular who gets it by force»he expressed.
Social worker Andrea Carrasco, for years, was part of an NGO that defended children and adolescents in Nicaragua. She called on the social sectors to protect the physical and psychosocial integrity of minors, mainly in this context that the country is experiencing. She said that their images, voices should not be used, or exposed in the participation of marches or political demonstrations because it is considered that they are being manipulated.
«They are wanting to recover spaces using the image of childhood, adolescents and young people, mainly those who live in vulnerable conditions because they intend to create legacies and that is the interest in promoting indoctrination in children who do not understand anything about politics.»Carrasco said.
more damage
He recalled that this sector of the population is already affected by the current socio-political crisis and a confusion of thoughts could have serious consequences for the life and emotional behavior of minors in society, if a culture of violence and hate continues to be promoted.
The image of children dressed as military or police officers has been frequently promoted at school, institutional and party events with the support of sympathizers, parents or regime officials to raise the profile of the sanctioned institution that has distorted its work in the country to ensure the safety of Nicaraguans and represses citizens who have demonstrated against the dictatorship.
That was evidenced on Saturday, July 8. During the walk to Fortín de Acosaco, for example, led by Ortega deputy Gustavo Porras, there were also a couple of minors dressed as police officers, the vice mayor, and a delegation of Colombian diplomats headed by Ambassador León Freddy Muñoz and Congressman Alejandro Toro .
A source close to the acquisitions office hinted that the Leonese commune allocates budgets of more than 300,000 córdobas to the Solidarity Promotion area and the Department of Culture for the realization of these gatherings in which the payment of sound rental is guaranteed. lights, assembly and disassembly of the stage, floral arrangements, refreshments and transport of the artists who end up being influenced and indoctrinated by the Sandinista Youth. «They harm children and make politics with the resources of the town»complained a lioness.
By: United Voices.
