Argentina
UCR lawmakers denounce political propaganda at a primary school in Formosa
Opposition legislators questioned an education delegate for linking school benefits to Gildo Insfrán before students in Gran Guardia. They also rejected her references to suicide and announced filings before the authorities and in court.
Provincial UCR lawmakers denounced a presumed case of political indoctrination at a primary school in Gran Guardia, Formosa, after videos circulated on social media in which a zonal education delegate attributes the delivery of smocks, school supplies, sneakers and the cafeteria service to Governor Gildo Insfrán.
According to Agostina Villaggi and Carla Zaiser, the recordings show Gladys González, who introduces herself to the students as a zonal delegate, asking them who sent them the smocks. After the children’s answers, she insists that those resources come from the provincial government and directly links them to the Formosa governor. In one passage, she says it is “a political decision by the governor himself.”
According to La Nación, the official also mentioned sneakers, school supplies, milk and school meals during her intervention before the students. That newspaper also reported that the episode took place on Friday at an educational establishment in that town, located 80 kilometers from the provincial capital.
Villaggi said on her social media, according to Infobae, that those items “are paid for by the State, not by an official,” and considered what happened to be political propaganda before children. She also questioned a phrase from the delegate addressed to teachers and colleagues, after the students failed to correctly answer who the governor was.
Zaiser, for her part, objected to the fact that the children were told that access to the school cafeteria and school supplies depended on Insfrán. According to her posts cited by Infobae and La Nación, she argued that those resources are financed with taxes and should not be presented as a personal concession from the governor.
Another of the passages questioned by the lawmakers was the reference to suicide during the talk. In the video posted by Zaiser, the delegate speaks of an awareness campaign, mentions the presence of specialists for those who have mental health problems or depression and says that death is not the solution. The lawmakers considered that approach inappropriate before young students and called for training to address that issue in the school setting.
The opposition announced that it will request the intervention of the Ministry of Culture and Education of Formosa and will move forward with legal action so that the case is reviewed both administratively and in court.
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