The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaskahas crossed out “serious” the insults he received this Thursday by a group of young people at the University of Navarra and has asked to “face up” to this type of acts to prevent them from “spreading”.
“I think that homophobic, xenophobic, racist shoutsany cry that attacks diversity and the dignity of any person, seems to me to be manifestly serious in a democracy and in a country that can be described as democratic and as a state of law,” the minister said this Friday in statements to media at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Traffic.
Likewise, he has said that it is “more worrying” if these types of situations occur in the university world. “It seems sad to me. It seems to me that we have to be very aware that even if there are a few who act in that way, that we can classify as we want or understand, can really spread“, he pointed out.
In this sense, he has requested “cope” from the beginning to prevent these acts from becoming “habitual”. “You already know that it starts with small or different attempts and can quickly spread,” he warned.
Regarding the fact that it happened at a Catholic university, the minister said that “it doesn’t matter” and called for promoting the “values ​​of citizenship.” “The important thing, what happens, that For me, secularism in education is essential and secular values ​​are necessary. Secular values ​​integrate everyone, they integrate believers and non-believers. That is what is important, those values ​​of citizenship that I believe we all have to be protagonists in promoting,” he concluded.
Marlaska had attended this Thursday the Faculty of Communication of the University of Navarra, where he participated in the inauguration of the III Conference Against Terror: the stories behind the stories. At the exit, a group of young people He shouted at him “faggot”, “son of a bitch” and “corrupt”, in addition to shouting “let Txapote vote for you”.
