The teenager who accepted his responsibility in the murder of journalist Juan Caliani must undergo treatment that includes resuming his secondary studies. However, the Provincial Education Council made it known through the Middle Level management that will not accept it in their establishments. «It is serious that they handle themselves like this, it is contrary to what the law saysstated the defender of the rights of Children and Adolescents, Lautaro Arévalo.
«They put him in a situation of illness, they intend to send him home, when The goal is to make it part of the communitywho understands the rules of coexistence,” explained Arévalo in dialogue with RÍO NEGRO newspaper.
The assisted release team “has been working, interviews were held, a plan was put together, actions were coordinated with Health, support is provided with the family, but today we are stuck with Education,” he said.
The teenager is 16 years old and attended fourth year. In 2023 he was registered in the juvenile criminal system for a crime against property and a report was requested from the Provincial Council of Education, which turned out to be rather formal. This year, after the journalist’s crime that occurred on April 1, the panorama changed.
Virtual classes
«Now they tell us that To guarantee their education they have to do it from homevirtually,” explained Arévalo, who is the defender in Cutral Co and is surrogate in Neuquén.
«They want to exclude him, send him home, It’s the complete opposite of what he needs.. The objective is for him to be part of the community, to understand the rules of coexistence,” said the official.
This attitude “is removing the noose and saying ‘This burns me, it’s not my responsibility, I’ll leave it to you’. To think that in this way the right to education is guaranteed is very far from what is established in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
“Baseless”
Arévalo said that education «It has to be based on the interest of the adolescent, not the school. “We do not find any basis to say that virtuality is best for him.”
«It is serious how he handled the Education issue, he does not understand the paradigm of rights, and they are an essential actor. This is a setback. “They resolve the issue by expelling,” she said.
Arévalo requested a meeting with the Minister of Education, Soledad Martínez; the president of the Provincial Council of Education, Glenda Temi; Mid-level and vocal representatives for the community, to address the issue.
