‘They sow resentment and waste resources on populist acts’

On June 25, the removal of the statue of the bullfighter César Rincón took place in the Duitama bullring. According to the mayor of the municipality, José Luis Bohórquez, the monument will be moved and will make way for the creation of a peasant market, which promotes art and culture.

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However, Animalist senator Andrea Padilla Villarraga did not agree with the act. Through his X account he explained his reasons.

The public servant said that this scenario, which occurred in Duitama, cannot divert the main focus on the protection of animals: “Do not distort the fight for animal rights, which is essentially peaceful; nor divert us from what is important: the implementation of the law that prohibits bullfighting.”

In his own words, the removal of the monument to the bullfighter César Rincón ““It was unnecessary.” and the best thing was to lower the statue calmly, without needing to offend a particular sector.

“They were able to lower the statue calmly, without the need to offend a sector of Colombians or, better yet, leave it to remember the past and not repeat it, attaching a plaque in memory of the murdered bulls“.

Furthermore, he added: “I think those who did this are wrong: they sow resentment and waste resources on populist acts.”

Villarraga called on Social Prosperity and commented that he hopes that these types of events “are not a waste of public resources.”

On the other hand, the last ceremony included the participation of Senator Esmeralda Hernández and the current director of the DPS, Gustavo Bolívar. In addition, from the mayor of the municipality of Duitama, José Luis Bohórquez, who commented in a publication on Instagram: “We are carrying out a symbolic act of reconciliation with our animals and we will relocate the iconic statue, because it is part of our historical memory.”

Bohórquez explained to EL TIEMPO the reason for his removal: “It had an affectation in its structural and aesthetic part: the head of one of the characters was hanging with a stick, there was also a kind of fungus that was taking over the statue because it has abandoned for more than 20 years.

He also said that once the building is relocated, there will be enough space to explain its importance.