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He Ministry of Culture (Mincul) announced yesterday, Saturday, that it will report to the Prosecutor’s Office Francisco Melgar, technical director of the Peruvian Under-20 Futsal Team, for his expressions of ethnic-racial discrimination against one of its players.
“The (Mincul), as the governing body for the protection of the rights of the Afro-Peruvian people, and as a member of the National Commission against Discrimination (CONACOD), will denounce this fact (…) before the Public ministry for the corresponding actions,” the sector indicated in a statement posted on social networks.
Likewise, the ministry indicated that it has sent a “communication” to the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) “to take the actions and sanctions of their competence”, while urging the competent authorities to “act in accordance with their functions” in accordance with the laws “that prohibit any act of discrimination and punish it as crime“.
“We strongly reject and condemn any comment that promotes the disqualification of a person based on ethnic and/or cultural characteristics. Any discriminatory expression reinforces stereotypes that reproduce and perpetuate a negative image of those who make up the Afro-Peruvian people,” highlighted the The lie.
It is worth noting that, at the closing of this note, the FPF has not commented on the statement from the The lie nor about the situation of Francisco Melgar.
The facts
Last Tuesday, a video was spread on social networks showing Francisco Melgar go to Denilson Zegarraplayer of the Peruvian Under 20 futsal team, with racist expressions, after he was warned with a yellow card for an alleged simulation of a foul and expressed his discomfort about this fact.
“That’s it, that’s it, what a chuch*, huev*n. You’re black, well, that’s the problem,” he told him. Melgar a Zegarra.
These comments were heard on the live broadcast of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol)which organizes the South American Sub 20 in the city of La Guaira, Venezuela, where the Peruvian team participates.
It should be noted that these condemnable expressions were made in the context of the match between Peru and Paraguay, a date in which the red and white team won 2 to 1.
2023-09-17 13:06:07
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